Physics, 7th grade

Another textbook: A. V. Peryshkin

Physics, grade 7. Gendenshtein L.E., Kaidalov A.B. textbook, 2012

Chapter 1. Physics and the physical methods of studying nature.
Chapter 2. The structure of matter.
- 5. Atoms and molecules.
  - Sizes of molecules and atoms.
- 6. Motion and interaction of molecules.
  - Brownian motion.
Chapter 3. Motion and interaction of bodies.
- 8. Mechanical motion
Chapter 5. Work and energy
- 24 Simple mechanisms
  - Centre of gravity
  - 24.1 Pulleys
- 25. Lever
- 26. Mechanical work. Power.
- 28. Mechanical energy.

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Articles to read:

Chapter 1. Physics and the physical methods of studying nature.

§1. Physics is the science of nature.

Page 6.

1.1. Laws of nature.
1.2. Physical bodies.
Page 7.
1.3. Physical phenomena.

Aurora

§2. How physics changes the world and our idea of it

Page 14.
2.1. How the human idea of the universe has changed.

Page 15.
2.3. The history of clocks.
Page 17.

Pendulum clocks

Glockenspiel

Further reading (you can come back to this in senior grades): Simple pendulum

§3. Observations and experiments. The scientific method.

Page 20.
3.1. Observations and experiments.
3.2. The scientific method.
Page 22.
3.3. What the Leaning Tower of Pisa is famous for.

§4. Physical quantities and their measurement.

Page 25.
4.1. Physical quantities.
4.2. Measuring instruments.
Page 27.
4.3. Measurement errors.
Page 29.
4.4. Guess how to measure!
4.5. On the different units of length for small and large things.
Page 30.
4.6. Can distance be measured in years?
Page 31.