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The Physics Classroom: Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
Topics covered include what acceleration is, the difference between constant and non-constant acceleration, acceleration in a free-falling object, the equation used to compute acceleration, and the difference between positive and...
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction and the Ray Model of Light: Anatomy of the Eye

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial looks at the anatomy of the eye and how the sense of sight works. This is the first part of a learning module. Subsequent sections cover how images are formed and detected, the concept of accommodation where the eye adjusts...
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Free Fall and Air Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson in high school physics on Newton's Second Law of Motion provides a discussion of free fall and air resistance, and answers, "Why do objects which encounter air resistance ultimately reach a terminal velocity?" and "In...
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Second Law of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about finding acceleration through the practices found in this lesson. "The process of determining the acceleration of an object demands that the mass and the net force are known." Check out this comprehensive site.
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The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Ticker Tape Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to perform a ticker tape analysis as a way to analyze the motion of an object.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Longitudinal Waves and Tuning Forks

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explores how vibrating objects produce sound waves. The site contains information and an animation.
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The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Meaning of Slope for a P T Graph

For Students 9th - 10th
In this physics tutorial, examine how the actual slope value of any straight line on a PT graph is the velocity of the object.
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Teach Engineering: Classroom Triangles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will use bearing measurements to triangulate and determine objects' locations. Working in teams of two or three, students must put on their investigative hats as they take bearing measurements to specified...
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Introduction to Free Fall

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson on free fall covers the fact that free-falling objects do not encounter air resistance and all free-falling objects (on Earth) accelerate downwards at a rate of approximately 10 m/s/s (to be exact, 9.8 m/s/s).
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The Physics Classroom: Centripetal Force Requirement

For Students 9th - 10th
Animation depicting the effect of a centripetal force on the motion of an object. Newton's laws are used to explain why circular motion requires an inward-directed force.
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Erikson Institute: Numbers and Fun With Anno's Counting Book

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
There are multiple opportunities to teach number sense with the book Anno's Counting Book. This teacher explains how she used it in her preschool classroom to practice counting objects and number recognition.
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Pbs Learning Media: Looking for Lincoln Throughout His Life

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this two-part lesson, students gather facts about Lincoln through a variety of hands-on activities. They will tell a story about their own lives by selecting classroom objects then create a timeline of Lincoln's life and their own.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian: Engaging Students With Primary Sources

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
This reference guide is designed to highlight the benefits of using primary source materials in any classroom and to provide the teacher with practical suggestions and examples of how to do this. It includes a bibliography and links to...
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Pre K Pages: Sorting Activities for Preschool

For Teachers Pre-K
This article contains activities and ideas for teaching sorting skills in preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classrooms. Teach children to sort using various attributes.
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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Hover Cup

For Students 9th - 10th
Science experiment in which you make a hovercraft, a machine that uses compressed air to do work, from a paper cup. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how air flow can minimize friction and cause...
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Optical Society

Optical Society of America: Optics for Kids: Perspectives: Powers of 10

For Students 9th - 10th
A drawing and measuring activity to give students an appreciation of magnitude in powers of ten, and of microscopes. Students draw themselves and an object life-size, and then examine smaller and smaller pieces of their picture.
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Better Lesson: The Dark Room

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson allows the class to explore complete darkness to discover that objects need illumination to be seen. Students will make predictions, plan an investigation, and carry out their experiment in the classroom.
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Alex: Spotting Sounds All Around

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is both a hands-on and technology based activity where students can apply their knowledge of letter/sound relationships while incorporating the use of classroom technology. This Language Arts activity will allow for the students to...
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PBS

Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Roll or Slide?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A classroom activity where students discover whether an object rolls, slides, or stays put.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Where Is Your Teacher?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will learn how to take bearing with a compass. They will also learn how to describe a bearing and find an object in their classroom using a bearing.
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Teach Engineering: Find It!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity students will learn the basic concept of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) using triangulation and measurement on a small scale in the classroom. Students discover how GPS and navigation integrate mathematic and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Topo Map Mania!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Maps are designed to allow people to travel to a new location without a guide to show the way. They tell us information about areas to which we may or may not have ever been. There are many types of maps available for both recreational...
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Pbs: Solve the Ratio and Proportion Problem Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video, Harry finds money on the sidewalk. He uses ratio, proportion, and some knowledge about shadows to return it to the rightful owner. In the accompanying classroom activity, students investigate whether there is a consistent...

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