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Pulleys and Force
Students investigate pulleys and pulley systems. They demonstrate how multiple pulleys dramatically reduce required force. They study hoe pulley systems are used in machines and impact everyday life.
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Simple and Complex Machines Used In Agriculture
Pupils explore agriculture and the current technologies and research that continue to make Earth a viable planet. This four lessons unit introduce students to simple machines and the concepts of force and friction through a variety of...
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Friction and Newton's Three Laws of Motion
Middle schoolers work in small groups to create a power point illustrating Newton's Laws of motion as related to a sport of their choice.
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Breaker Breaker
Pupils create a model of a circuit breaker to help them explain how friction causes heat, and how current is carried.
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Roll On
Second graders, in groups, develop models to show how forces such as gravity, friction, equal, unequal forces and change in direction work on marbles.
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Marbles in Motion
Fourth graders explore how to play marbles while learning the scientific concepts of force, motion, mass, acceleration, friction, and inertia.
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Frictionally Speaking
Second graders investigate friction by pulling a cup of marbles across a variety of surfaces, without the marbles spilling out.
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Resistance is Futile
Young scholars participate in two hands-on demonstrations to explore how friction can make objects hard to push.
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CD Slide
Students identify the different types of friction. In this physics lesson, students explain how weight affects friction. They calculate normal force and coefficient of friction using a mathematical formula.
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Adding Creativity to Science Inquiry
Students investigate friction by manipulating some of the variables affecting it. In this inquiry lesson, students design their own experiment. They create a video about it and share it to class.
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Physics on the Playground
Second graders explain how friction affects the motion of moving objects. In this physics lesson plan, 2nd graders investigate how different materials move down the slide. They share their observations with each other.
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The Rubber Band Problem
Students work in groups and view a rubber band demonstration. In this friction lesson students then complete the experiment themselves.
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Types of Forces
Students study scientific names and descriptions of forces. In this motion lesson students organize information into a graphic organizer then teach it to other students.
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Friction and Inertia
Students study friction and inertia, make predictions, and compare data. In this investigative lesson students view a demonstration on friction, divide into groups, and complete an activity.
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Friction- What a Drag
Learners explore friction. In this friction lesson, students investigate that weight and surface type affect friction.
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Machines at Home
In this simple machines worksheet, students examine methods to reduce friction in simple machines and note 5 of them on the lines provided.
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Force and Motion
In this force and motion activity, middle schoolers read six paragraphs with numbered sentences about force and the laws of motion and answer one question.
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Gravity Study Guide
In this gravity worksheet, students define terms such as free fall, terminal velocity, and inertia. Then students compare the different types of forces that act upon objects. This worksheet has 9 short answer and 4 fill in the blank...
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Imagine Life Without Friction
Students learn about the concept of friction. For this friction lesson, students learn how friction from one object to another moves that object and creates energy.
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Balloon Rocket
In this friction investigation instructional activity, students follow the directions to construct a balloon rocket. Students use a string lubricated with soap and a drinking straw with a balloon. This is a page from the UK.
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Science Revision
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to photosynthesis and kinetic energy. There are 54 biology terms located in the word search.
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Newton's Laws of Motion
In this physics instructional activity, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to Newton's Laws of Motion. There are 16 words located in the puzzle.
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Bobsled Challange
Young scholars investigate the effects of materials on the friction between a "bobsled" and the track. They explore the effects of weight on the motion of the bobsled. Students design a bobsled for either fast or slow movement. They...
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Ignoring Friction - Not This Time!
Students discover the factors affect friction. Students, working in lab pairs, complete various experiments in order to discover what factors effect the amount of frictional force a block has as it is pulled across different surfaces.