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• For middle, high school, and adult learners
• Skills typically taught in grades 6–8

Engage students with instruction that brings science concepts to life and helps them prepare to meet more stringent science performance standards with PLATO® Physical Science. The courseware’s theme-based scenarios encourage students to explore scientific inquiry, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. The hands-on learning environment offers animation, video, narrations and interactions to demonstrate concepts, enhance lectures, and deepen understanding. A narrated glossary gives students confidence with scientific terms.

Teachers can access the sophisticated test-item bank to assign objective-based pre- and post tests to determine students’ level of understanding and prescribe appropriate instruction.

PLATO Physical Science features more than 17 hours of instructions and includes lessons covering:

• The description and measurement of matter
• The exploration of atomic structure and how elements behave according to physical and chemical properties
• The investigation into how atoms and the known elements are organized to better understand matter and predict behavior
• The discovery of why, although matter can be heated, cooled, broken, burned, and transformed, it cannot be destroyed

PLATO Physical Science is component of the three-part, award-winning PLATO® Middle School Science Series, which also includes PLATO® Earth and Space Science and PLATO® Life Science. These curricula can be used effectively for whole-class instruction, preparation for standards and high-stakes tests, individual or small-group study, and remediation.