Chapter 1: Matter and Atoms
- Atoms
- Electrons
- The Development of Atomic Theory
Chapter 2: Sources of Energy
- What is Energy?
- Where is the Energy?
- Sources and Forms of Energy
Chapter 3: Conservation of Energy
- The Law of Conservation of Energy
- Mass-Energy Equivalences
- Heat and Heat Transfer
- Work
- Internal Energy
Chapter 4: Order and Design in Creation
- Why Are There Laws of Nature?
- Order and Structure in Nature
- Nature was Designed with Us in Mind
- The Intelligence Behind Nature’s Order
Chapter 5: Forces and Fields
- The Four Forces
- Three Types of Fields
Chapter 6: Substances
- Atoms, Molecules, and Crystals
- The Substances Family Tree
- Elements
- Compounds
- Mixtures and Solutions
Chapter 7: Science Theories, and Truth
- Science is Mental Model Building
- The Cycle of Scientific Enterprise
- Facts and Theories
- Experiments and the Scientific Method
- Truth
- Ways of Knowing Truth
- Revelation of Truth in Creation
- Relating Scientific Knowledge and Truth
Chapter 8: Measurement and Units
- Science and Measurement
- The International System of Units
- Metric Prefixes
- Unit Conversions
- Calculating Volume
Chapter 9: Properties of Substances
- Physical Properties
- Temperature, Pressure, and Volume
- Phases of Matter
- Calculating Density
- Chemical Properties
Chapter 10: Force and Motion
- A Brief History of Motion Theory
- Velocity
- Acceleration
- Inertia and Newton’s Laws of Motion
Chapter 11: Compounds and Chemical Reactions
- Tools for Chemistry
- How Compounds Form
- Chemical Reactions
Chapter 12: Waves, Sound, and Light
- What is a wave?
- Types of Waves
- Common Wave Phenomena
- Sound and Human Hearing
Chapter 13: Electricity
- The Nature of Electricity
- Static Electricity
- How Electric Current Works
- DC Electric Circuits and Ohm’s Law
- Series and Parallel Circuits
Chapter 14: Magnetism and Electromagnetism
- Magnetism and Its Cause
- Ampere’s Law
- Faraday’s Law of Magnetic Induction