BBC
Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Physical Processes: Friction
Easy-to-understand explanation of friction and air resistance, with a supplemental activity and quiz questions.
Other
Center for Education Partnerships: The Marble Roll
In this Science-athon, students try to make their marble roll the farthest across a flat surface, using their knowledge of forces, motion, and energy to guide them through their apparatus design. Teachers must enroll online.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Newton's Laws of Motion
Lesson plan from the Illinois Institute of Technology that incorporates many demonstrations like pulling a tablecloth from under a place setting, or launching a rocket to show Newton's laws.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Balancing Ball: Suspend a Ball in a Stream of Air
In this lesson plan students learn about air flow using a suspended ball in an air stream.
NASA
Nasa: Rockets Educator Guide: How Rockets Work
In this article, learn how rockets work. Discover Newton's Law of Motion and learn how it supports rocketry.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Airplanes (2 3)
This paper airplane lesson plan helps students learn about certain concepts like air resistance, motion, and aerodynamics.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Projectiles
Lesson plan in which students will observe demonstrations and interact with various objects dealing with projectile motion. Subject matter for intermediate or middle school.
Other
Puhinui School: The Atoms Family: The Mummy's Tomb: Raceways
Help the Mummy build a rollercoaster to entertain the Atoms Family monsters by investigating the concepts of kinetic and potential energy.
Scholastic
Scholastic:magic School Bus Themes Index
Magic School Bus cross referenced by themes to provide quick access to many activities and references.
NASA
Nasa: Rockets Educator Guide: Applying Newton's Laws
Learn how Newton's Laws apply to rocketry. Discover how rockets work, including the engines and propellants.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Objects Race
In this lesson plan grab a slope and different objects. Roll the objects down the slope and record which is the fastest. Learners analyze the features of the objects that make them slow or fast.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Transfer of Momentum
This lesson designed for primary level pupils, describes the bodily-kinesthetic method of showing the conservation of momentum with students rollerblading, using cars, and colliding marbles.