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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Calculating Speed

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad calculates the speed of each broom.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice Calculating Speed & Velocity: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on calculating the speed and velocity of an object. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Practice Calculating Speed & Velocity."
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Speed

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of speed and its SI unit, instantaneous speed and how to calculate average speed and distance or time from speed.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Average Speed

For Students 9th - 10th
Speed is a type of rate. Have you ever been asked to define the term speed? If so, you would probably answer, "how fast an object is moving." More specifically, speed is the distance an object travels in a given amount of time. This...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: 2.3 Time, Velocity, and Speed

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain the relationships between instantaneous velocity, average velocity, instantaneous speed, average speed, displacement, and time; Calculate velocity and speed given...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Kinetic Theory: Atomic & Molecular Explanation of Pressure & Temp

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to express the ideal gas law in terms of molecular mass and velocity; define thermal energy; calculate the kinetic energy of a gas molecule, given its temperature; describe the relationship...
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Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Speed, Distance and Time Calculations

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of speed, distance, and time formulas.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Speed

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Outlines how to calculate the speed of a moving object.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: At the Speed of Bowling

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lab students will measure the energy of a bowling ball with vernier motion detectors. The students will calculate the energy of the ball at the beginning, mid point, and end of a bowling alley. Students will inquire about the...
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BBC

Bbc: Distance, Speed, and Time

For Students 6th - 8th
You can pick up some valuable pointers and practice how to compute problems involving distance, speed, and time. When you finish working your way through the pages you can take an on-line "Test Bite" and check your understanding.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Calculating Speed of the Current in a River (Word Problems)

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A video demonstrates how to solve a word problem where you must calculate the speed of a river current. [1:12]
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Motion: Calculating and Graphing Students Walking Speed

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students will collect and analyze data of their walking speed. They will compare their speed to an outside speed walker. They will determine their speed every 20 meters up to 100 meters. They will complete five trials to...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Average Speed, Velocity, and Instantaneous Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand how to apply proper calculations to determine speed and velocity and clarify the meaning of instantaneous velocity.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Speed and Acceleration Using Tornado Tubes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will use a plywood ramp and various tornado tubes (made from tornado tube connectors and 2 liter pop bottles) to calculate the average speed of the tornado tubes. They will set up 4 investigations filling the 2...
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: General Properties of Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Light travels as waves. Waves can be described by their amplitude, wavelength and frequency. The speed of a wave can be calculated from its frequency and wavelength.
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Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Extra Practice Quiz Distance, Speed, & Time

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Using these rate of speed problems practice figuring out either the distance, time or speed. Read the interactive quiz rules and then click on the "Begin" ticket. If you answer incorrectly you get one more chance to try again then you...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Wave Speed

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of wave speed and how it is related to wavelength and wave frequency, how to calculate wave speed and how it is related to the medium of a wave.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation: Centripetal Forces

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to calculate coefficient of friction on a car tire and to calculate ideal speed and angle of a car on a turn.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on how to calculate average speed and distance traveled. It also explains how to convert different units of measure and provides a link to an assessment.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Time, Velocity and Speed

For Students 9th - 10th
In the following interactive module, students will begin to explain the relationships between instantaneous velocity, average velocity, instantaneous speed, average speed, displacement, and time. They will calculate velocity and speed...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Physics: Centripetal Force

For Students 9th - 10th
In the following interactive students will begin to calculate coefficient of friction on a car tire. They will also calculate ideal speed and angle of a car on a turn.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Finding Speed From Impulse Graph Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the speed of a hockey puck based on the graph of force vs. time for the impact between the stick and the puck.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Finding Speed From Impulse Graph Level 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the speed of a hockey puck based on the graph of force vs. time for the impact between the stick and the puck.
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PBS

Pbs: Nova: Time Travel: Think Like Einstein

For Students 9th - 10th
Addressed with questions about relative speed and the speed of light, students begin to "think like Einstein" while exploring the science behind the mystery of time travel.