Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Physics: Definitions and Applications

For Students 10th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the definition, aims, and branches of physics; describe and distinguish classical physics from modern physics and describe the importance of relativity, quantum mechanics, and...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Student Analysis: Determine the Acceleration of a Toy Car

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this activity, learners measure the displacement and elapsed time of a moving toy car using a direct measurement video with an embedded frame counter. They then calculate average and final velocity, and the average acceleration, and...
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Supplemental Resources: Continuum Electromechanics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level electrical engineering and computer science textbook highlighting the applications of continuum electromechanics.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Able Sports

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity focuses on getting the students to think about disabilities and how they can make some aspects of life more difficult. The students are asked to pick a disability and design a new kind of sport for it.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Amusement Park Ride: Ups and Downs in Design

For Teachers 7th - 8th
This unit has students design and build foam tubing roller coasters. The design process integrates energy concepts as they test and evaluate their designs that address the task as an engineer would. The goal is for students to understand...
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Horizontally Launched Projectile Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
In the case of projectiles, students use information about the initial velocity and position of a projectile to predict such things as how much time the projectile is in the air and how far the projectile will go. They do this to make...
Handout
Other

University of Edinburgh: Glossary of Introductory Computer Graphics Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, from the University of Edinburgh, provides a lengthy glossary of computer graphics terms written by Olin Lathrop, author of "The Way Computer Graphics Work". This site provides simple definitions of basic terms; no graphics...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 3.3 Vector Addition and Subtraction: Analytical Methods

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
By the end of this section, you will be able to understand the rules of vector addition and subtraction using analytical methods, apply analytical methods to determine vertical and horizontal component vectors, and apply analytical...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum: Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This page provides a summary of each section in Chapter 10: Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum from the AP Physics online text.
Handout
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum: Glossary

For Students 11th - 12th
This is the glossary of terms and definitions used in Chapter 10: Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum from the AP Physics online text.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Yo Yo

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Understand the dynamics of rotating objects in the context of a spinning yo-yo using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available. [3:29]
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Walk the Tightrope

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Understand the concept of rotational inertia [moment of inertia) by analyzing the motion of a circus tightrope walker using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also...
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Physics: Introduction to Special Relativity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level electrical physics course highlighting Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. Course introduces the physics of Lorentz contraction, time dilation, the "twin paradox", and E=mc2. Course features suggested readings,...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Motion in One Dimension & Freefall Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to assess the comprehension of concepts related to motion in one dimension and freefall motion.
Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Bungee Jump Accelerations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use an Accelerometer to analyze the motion of a bungee jumper and determine a point where there is maximum and minimum acceleration in the course of the motion. They also compare the experimental data with an actual bungee jump.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: River Running: Vector Components

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use TI-Interactive! or TI-83/84's to explore the independence of vertical and horizontal velocity components for swimmers crossing a river.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Steppin' Out

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity you will: Use the Data/Graphs Wizard tool to graph data and determine a line that best fits your data. Use the Data/Graphs Wizard tool to identify the relationship between stride length and height.
Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Air Resistance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use the Motion Detector to measure the effect of air resistance on falling objects. They determine how air resistance and mass affect the terminal velocity of a falling object and then choose a force model that fits the data.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Free Fall

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity assesses students' knowledge and understanding of free fall principles.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Picket Fence Free Fall

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will measure the acceleration of a freely falling body (g) to better than 0.5% precision with the help of a Picket Fence and a Photogate.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Distance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to assess the comprehension of concepts related to distance.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today: Clearing the Bar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will explore the effects of two critical physical factors on potential success in the pole vault event in track and field.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Relative Position and Velocity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to assess the comprehension of concepts related to relative position and velocity.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Graphing Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity assesses students' knowledge and understanding of graphing motion.

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