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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Electric Ice Sheet

For Students 6th - 9th
Balance electric charges to prevent Tommy from slipping into icy water. You are presented with 4 particles, each with a charge value. Using the plus/minus scrollbar, you can change the value of the highlighted charge. Then press the play...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Gravity and the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Our bodies function necessarily under the presence of gravity; how blood pumps, a sense of balance and bone growth are all due to life in a world where gravity is an inescapable reality. Armed with experiments from neuroscientists David...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Beneath the Sea: Blowing Ballast

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the use of ballast to manipulate buoyancy in submarines by building a model of a submersible using two-liter bottles and balloons. Describe the balance of forces that is responsible for the surfacing and diving of submersibles.
Primary
Bill of Rights Institute

Bill of Rights Institute: Constitutional Principles

For Students 9th - 10th
James Madison knew that a key challenge of maintaining just government was framing it in such a way that the government would be forced to control itself. How does a system of separated powers-and the checks and balances built into those...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: Black Heroes Throughout Us Military History

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the standout soldiers, spies and homefront forces who fought for America, from the Revolution to World War II. During the American Revolution, thousands of Black Americans fought -- on both sides of the conflict. As America's Civil...
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: The Center of Mass

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This site from the Illinois Institute of Technology provides a lab activity in which students determine the location of the center of mass of an irregularly shaped object. Observations are related to the balancing point of the object....
Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this outline to find out about Newton's Laws of Motion. Use the different lesson plans covering the laws of motion to learn more.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Ups and Downs

For Students K - 1st
Explore sports science and build a ramp that will roll a ball right to the target.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Bottle Cap Hockey

For Students K - 1st
Explore sports science and see how many points can you score with your bottle caps in Ruff's take on table hockey.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Build It Up, Knock It Down

For Students K - 1st
Explore structural science and compete in a building contest where each team builds a structure without using tape and then tries to knock the other one down using only paper.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Tower Time

For Students K - 1st
Explore structural science and try to stack a tall, stable tower in this building activity.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Architecture Scavenger Hunt

For Students K - 1st
Explore structural science and look for shapes around your school or in the buildings in your neighborhood.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Teacher's Guide: Structures

For Teachers K - 1st
Learn about structures alongside Ruff Ruffman.
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Variations in Language

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the use of variation in language when preparing a speech including directness, subjectivity and objectivity, abstraction, and accurate, reliable, unbiased, credible, and current sources.

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