Waldorf Block: 6th Grade Physics with Living Lessons
The student will be formally studying acoustics and other physics concepts in 8th grade. However, to prepare them for the more complex physics lessons that are coming we will be doing some basic experiments this week to get them comfortable with the concepts. This block covers acoustics, optics, magnetism, and thermodynamics. The lessons are largely hands-on lessons with many experiments you can do using common household objects. This purchase includes both the printed curriculum and the Living Lessons. Instruction in physics begins in the sixth grade and is linked to what the children have learned in music. We begin the study of physics by allowing acoustics to be born out of music. – Steiner
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Your Instructor
Nicholas Andrea now resides in the lush woodlands of northern Delaware with his family after spending the last six years teaching at the Asheville Waldorf School in North Carolina as a grades, music, and aftercare teacher. Nicholas earned his Waldorf Elementary and Music certifications at Sunbridge Institute in Spring Valley, NY. He is passionate about the Waldorf curriculum and believes in its ability to raise capable, compassionate, and creative human beings. After the birth of their son last October, Nicholas and his partner Cassie wanted more time at home with their baby which has led Nicholas to finding Earthschooling.
Nicholas is also passionate about music, speech arts, and history. Known in other circles as “The Bard,” Nicholas’s lifelong love of music has led him to a variety of instruments including world percussion, dijeridoo, flutes of various kinds, and Irish and Scottish bagpipes. He is also a published poet, and he spends his spare time plumbing the mysteries of world history in order to understand how we got where we are and where we go from here.
Course Curriculum
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StartWritten Lessons for Sixth Grade Physics Block
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StartEarthschooling Physics Lessons (Not Living Lessons) PDFs
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #1 - Types of Sounds (59:18)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #2 - How Sounds Are Made (62:56)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #3 - Pitch and Volume (66:43)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #4 - How Sound Travels (51:56)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #5 - How Sound Forms (53:28)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #6 - What is Light? (50:39)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #7 - How Light Travels (53:15)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #8 - Where do Colors Come From? (62:05)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #9 - Primary and Secondary Colors (61:08)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #9B - Painting of a Sunrise with Secondary Colors (26:31)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #10 - Color Afterimages and Shadows (52:55)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #11 - An Introduction to Heat (49:40)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #12 - Sources of Heat (65:06)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #13 - The Effects of Heat and Cold on Matter: Part I (60:09)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #13B - Chalk Drawing of a Rainbow with Refraction (19:15)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #14 - The Effects of Heat and Cold on Matter: Part II (50:12)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #15 - How Heat Transfers from One Thing to Another (64:43)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #16 - Introduction to Magnetism (55:49)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #17 - Magnetic Poles, Part I (51:35)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #18 - Magnetic Poles, Part II (49:42)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #19 - Magnetism and Solids (42:33)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #20 - Magnets and Force Fields (45:33)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #21 - The Discovery of Electricity (55:32)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #22 - Generating and Sensing Static Electricity (54:00)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #23 - Attraction and Repulsion (54:24)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #24 - Positive and Negative Charge (46:37)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #25 - Building an Electroscope (55:25)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #26: Block Review and Quiz (46:57)
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