Teaching Physics and Chemistry

Physics for ages 12–14
Chemistry for ages 12–13

In this essential teachers’ resource, Roy Wilkinson outlines the background and practical guidelines for teaching physics and chemistry. He suggests:

6th grade—sound, light, heat, magnetism, electricity
7th grade—6th-grade subjects continued; mechanics, chemistry (the work of factories and transport and how physics, chemistry, geography, and natural science are interwoven)
8th grade—hydraulics, aeromechanics (practical applications of what was studied in the 6th and 7th grades—meteorology, climatology, chemistry)