Class: Physical Science Lab
Teacher: Lyn Miller
Phone: 859-749-5445
Email: landmmille@outlook.com or mandlmille@msn.com
Textbook: Exploring Creation with Physical Science, 2nd edition, Apologia, Dr. Jay Wile
Required materials and/or class fee: $25 per student
1. Lab notebook: This may be a binder with paper, spiral notebook, or composition notebook. You may also want a
pocket folder to keep up with any handouts.
2. Safety glasses or goggles: There are a few experiments where safety glasses are a must. These are or indicated on
the syllabus. You may bring them that day or at the first class and I will store them for you at BTB.
3. 2-3 lead pencils, sharpened, with good erasers, and ready to go!
4. A great attitude and a !
Course Schedule:
WEEK
DATE
1
Aug 18
2
Aug. 25
3
Sept. 1
4
Sept. 8
5
Sept 15
6
Sept. 22
7
Sept. 29
8
Oct . 6
Oct. 13
Reading and On
Experiments conducted in
Your Own
class
Questions (to be
done before class)
Module 1: The
1.1 Atoms and Molecules
Basics, pp.1-7
OYO: 1.1-1.2
pp. 7-20
1.2 Cubits and Fingers
OYO: 1.3-1.10
1.3 Concentration
Bring to class
this day:
Text, Lab notebook and
Text/ Lab notebook
Module 2: Air,
pp. 25-32
OYO: 2.1-2.4
pp. 32-50
OYO: 2.5-2.11
2.1 Evaporation and Temp
2.2 Oxygen and Fire
Text/ Lab notebook
Safety Goggles
2.3 Carbon Dioxide and the
Greenhouse Effect
Text/ Lab notebook
Module 3: The
Atmosphere,
pp. 55-66
OYO: 3.1-3.6
pp. 66-76
OYO: 3.7-3.11
Module 4: The
Wonder of Water,
pp. 81-93
OYO: 4.1-4.9
3.1 Atmospheric Pressure
Text/ Lab notebook
Safety Goggles
3.2 Changing Temperature
Atmosphere dvd.
4.1 Chemical Composition
of water
4.2 Water’s Polarity
4.3 Solvents and Solutes
Text/ Lab notebook
Fall Break
pp. 93-101
OYO:4.10-4.12
Enjoy!
4.4 Water vs. Butter
4.5 Water’s Cohesion
4.6 Forces Between
Molecules

Text/Lab notebook
Text/ Lab notebook
Safety Goggles
9
Oct. 20
10
Oct. 27
11
Nov. 3
12
Nov. 10
13
Nov. 17
14
Nov. 24
15
Dec. 1
16
Dec. 8
Dec. 15-29
17
Jan. 5
18
Jan. 12
19
Jan. 19
20
Jan. 26
Module 5: The
Hydrosphere,
pp. 105-116
OYO: 5.1-5.6
pp.116-127
OYO: 5.7-5.19
Module 6: Earth
and the
Lithosphere,
pp. 131-138
OYO: 6.1-6.3
pp. 138-153
OYO: 6.4-6.10
Module 7: Factors
That Affect the
Earth’s Weather
pp. 157-166
OYO: 7.1-7.5
pp. 166-176
OYO: 7.6-7.10
5.1 Evaporation,
Condensation, Precipitation
Text/ Lab notebook
5.2 Ice and Salt
5.3 Cloud formation
6.1 Sound Travels
6.2 Plastic Rock
Text/ Lab notebook
6.3 Electromagnet
6.4 Plate Tectonics
7.1 Weather (students will
keep an ongoing weather
record on a weather chart)
Weather Fundamentals :
Clouds dvd.
Weather dvd.
Continue to work on chart
Text/ Lab notebook
Module 8:
Weather and Its
Predictions
pp.181-190
OYO: 8.1-8.5
pp. 190-199
OYO: 8.6-8.10
8.1 Making Lightning
Severe Weather dvd.
Continue to work on chart.
Christmas Break
Happy Birthday Jesus!!!
Bring Weather Chart
From 7.1 THIS IS A
MUST!!!!!
Bring a treat to share 

Module 9: Physics
of Motion
pp.203-212.
OYO: 9.1-9.5
pp. 212-223
OYO: 9.6-9.10
9.1 Direction
Text/ Lab notebook
9.2 Acceleration/Gravity
9.3 Measuring Height
W/Stopwatch
Text/ Lab notebook
Module 10:
Newton’s Laws
pp.229-237
OYO: 10.1-10.3
pp. 237-249
OYO: 10.4-10.10
10.1 Newton’s 1st Law
10.2 Newton’s 1st Law
Newton’s 3 Laws dvd.
Text/ Lab notebook
Feel free to Bring a
Snack 
10.3 Friction
10.4 Newton’s 3rd Law
Text/ Lab notebook
We will do 10.4 outside.
please dress
appropriately .Safety
goggles
8.2 Weather Prediction Tool
Review Games/Party
Text/ Lab notebook
Text/ Lab notebook
Feel Free to Bring a
Snack 
Text/ Lab notebook
Feel Free to Bring a
Snack 
Text/ Lab notebook
Feel Free to Bring a
Snack 
21
Feb. 2
Module 11:
Forces of
Creation, pp.255269
OYO: 11.1-11.7
11.1 Force and Circular
Motion
Text/ Lab notebook
Safety Goggles
22
Feb. 9
Feb. 16
11.2 Bent Space and Time
11.3 Gravitation Theory
12.1 Electrical Attraction
and Repulsion
12.2 Electroscope
Text/ Lab notebook
23
24
Feb. 23
pp. 269-280
OYO: 11.8-11.10
Module 12:
Forces of Creation
pp.285-299
OYO: 12.1-12.5
pp. 299-310
OYO: 12.6-12.10
Text/ Lab notebook
25
Mar. 1
12.3 Current and Resistance
Building Circuits.
Magnetism dvd(if time)
The Periodic Table dvd
M&M Bohr orbits
26
Mar. 8
Decay/Half Life and review
Text
27
Mar. 15
14.1 Medium Through
Which Sound Waves Travel
14.2 Speed of Sound
Text/ Lab notebook
28
Mar. 22
Text/ Lab notebook
29
Mar. 29
14.3 Wavelength and Sound
14.4 Doppler Effect
15.1 Wavelengths of Light
15.2 Law of Reflection
30
Apr.5
Apr. 12

Text/ Lab notebook
Bring a protractor
31
Apr. 19
Enjoy!
15.3 Refraction of Light
15.4 Magical Quarter
15.5 How the Eye Detects
Color
The Sun
DVD
32
Apr. 26
16.1 Expanding Universe
PARTY/REVIEW GAME
Bring a treat to share!

Make-up
Make-up
Module 13:
Forces of
Creation, pp. 313325
OYO: 13.1-13.5
pp. 325-336
OYO: 13.6-13.10
Module 14:
Waves and
Sounds, pp.341353
OYO: 14.1-14.6
pp. 353-362
OYO: 14.7-14.10
Module 15: Light
pp. 367-377
OYO: 15.1-15.5
Spring Break
pp. 377-392
OYO: 15.6-15.10
Module 16:
Astrophysics
pp. 397-409
OYO: 16.1-16.7
pp. 409-418
OYO: 16.7-16.10
Text/ Lab notebook
Text
Feel Free to Bring a
Snack 
Text/ Lab notebook
Bring a protractor
Text/ Lab notebook
Feel free to bring a
snack 