Hands-On Physics Activities with Real-Life Applications

Customer Reviews

• A necessity for any Physics or Physical Science teacher.  Apr 26, 1998 (75 of 79 found this helpful)

  This book is packed with dozens of demonstrations and lab activities for every physics concept taught in the upper grades 7-12. Can be used to supplement the textbook or on its own. Each section (Ex: Electricity) has a brief 1-2 page overview, followed by real life examples and activities to understand the concepts. Excellent for "stepping-up" a very basic physical science text. Illustrations and reproducible worksheets.

• Excellent resource for teaching a homeschool co-op  Mar 11, 2007 (10 of 12 found this helpful)

  I bought this as a source for ideas for hands-on activities for my homeschool co-op class. The explanations are straight-forward and the activities are easily created with found objects and home supplies.
  
  My only caution is that you need to have an understanding of the mathematics of physics first. This may not be enough of a text to stand on its own for a non-science, non-math person.

• Excellent Resource for Physics teachers  Apr 21, 2007 (5 of 6 found this helpful)

  I first got this book while student teaching, and taught by the author, Norman Herr. A most excellent teacher. His book is quite useful and highly recommended for any physics teacher.