Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Heat Engine

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will learn about heat engines, explore pressure volume diagrams, and figure how to calculate ideal efficiencies of heat engines.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how friction causes a material to heat up and melt. What happens on an atomic level when you rub two objects together?
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Energy Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th
Through interactive learning exercises, students examine the different definitions of energy and how enzymes regulate how the energy is stored and used during cellular respiration. They also take a close look at photosynthesis to learn...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Chemistry: Welcome

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the College Board's AP Chemistry course, which is designed to be equivalent to a first year college chemistry course.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Energy Use and Energy Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive learning module will focus on the fundamentals of energy and energy sources, renewable and nonrenewable, that support the human population. Students will also explore our dependence on nonrenewable fossil fuels to...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Efficiency of an Electromechanical System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use Lego motors and generators to raise washers a measured height. The work done by the motor-generator systems is compared with the energy inputs to calculate efficiency.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Efficiency of a Water Heating System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use a watt meter to measure energy input into a hot plate or hot pot used to heat water. The theoretical amount of energy required to raise the water by the measure temperature change is calculated and compared to the electrical...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Efficiency

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students measure energy outputs and inputs to determine the efficiency of conversions and simple systems. One associated activitiy includes Lego motors and accomplishing work. The other investigates energy for heating water. Students...
Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Albert Einstein

For Students 9th - 10th
A truly complete biography of the great man. Some adequate discussion of his theoretical and scientific work, but the accent here is on his personal life. Many anecdotes, many quotes from him, many references and hotlinks to other...
Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1918: Max Planck

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about the scientific work of physicist, Max Planck (1858-1947 CE), whose studies in radiation and light earned him the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read his Nobel Lecture, "The genesis and present state of...
Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Thermochemistry

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a general overview of thermochemistry, the division of chemistry that deals with temperature in chemical reactions. Content explores what heat and cold really are, the heat and energy around you, and a bit about Lord...
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Civil Environmental: Ecology I: The Earth System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level online course highlighting the fundamentals of ecology. Course topics include coevolution of the biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere; photosynthesis and respiration; and the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles....
eBook
Princeton University

The Collected Papers of Einstein: Volume 2: Swiss Years: Writings, 1900 1909 Eng

For Students 9th - 10th
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the English language translation. This translation volume focuses on his life and work in Switzerland.
eBook
Princeton University

The Collected Papers of Einstein: Volume 3: Swiss Years: Writings 1909 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the original language version with in-depth English language annotation readers can access. This volume focuses on his life and work in Switzerland.
eBook
Princeton University

The Collected Papers of Einstein: Volume 2: Swiss Years: Writings, 1900 1909

For Students 9th - 10th
A publication of Albert Einstein's written legacy presented in the original language version with in-depth English language annotation readers can access. This volume focuses on his life and works in Switzerland.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
A two-lesson tutorial on thermal energy in the study of physics. Lessons include informational text, interactive activities, animations, and quick, interactive comprehension check-ins.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: A Comprehensive List of All the Physics Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a long list of physics formulas for easy reference.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the relationship between heat and energy transfer, and learn about the three ways that heat can be transferred between objects of different...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Loschmidt's Paradox

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this simulation to observe how Loschmidt's Paradox affects the entropy of an isolated system.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Don't Perpetual Motion Machines Ever Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
Netta Schramm describes the pitfalls of perpetual motion machines.
Graphic
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Conservation of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from the Physics Department at Georgia State University. The conservation of energy as a fundamental conservation law is presented and compared to other conservation laws (momentum and angular momentum). Links to further...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exo and Endo Thermic Processes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this chemistry lab, learners investigate two types of reactions and answer questions relating to exothermic and endothermic reactions.
Handout
FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: Energy Changes Make Things Happen

For Students 9th - 10th
Nothing can happen without energy. Here you can learn about the many different ways that energy makes things happen.
Handout
FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: Energy, Heat Flow, and Life

For Students 5th - 8th
Here you can learn all about heat flow, one of the major driving forces of nature, and how it works. It is the force behind weather, photosynthesis, animal behavior, and much more.

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