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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students learn what causes friction, what factors affect friction, and how it is calculated.
Interactive
BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Physical Processes: Friction

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use your knowledge about friction to help Carrie get to the Invigatron before someone steals it. Following the activity, read more about friction and resistance, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: What Is Force?

For Students 5th - 8th
You have probably heard the word "force" before in conversations. Here are a few examples: "the rocket had a lot of force at blast off" or "the force of the storm blew the roof off the building." What is force? Force is defined as a push...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Forces: Push and Pull

For Teachers 1st
Learn why every force is a push or a pull.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about various forces and how they relate to everyday life in this interactive learning module.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Red Light, Green Light

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Building upon their understanding of forces and Newton's laws of motion, students learn about the force of friction, specifically with respect to cars. They explore the friction between tires and the road to learn how it affects the...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 5.2 Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Drag Forces

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define drag force and model it mathematically, discuss the applications of drag force, define terminal velocity, and perform calculations to find terminal velocity.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Frictional Force Experiment

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson about friction can be found on this website. Students will experiment to see how motion and frictional force affect the game of football.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Friction Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the key concepts, equations, and skills for friction, including how to find the direction and magnitude of the friction force.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Friction: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the concept of friction and explain how it can affect forces. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Friction."
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Frictional Forces on Mobility Walkers

For Students 9th - 10th
This passage will test your knowlege on normal forces.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Coefficient of Kinetic Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
This slide show presentation introduces the idea of the coefficient of kinetic friction.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Finding Individual Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated examples and interactive practice problems, students find the value of forces acting upon objects using force equations.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: What Are Forces?

For Students 4th - 6th
This lesson will introduce forces and give an overview of some different types of forces.
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Project Britain

Primary Homework Help: Forces Quiz

For Students 5th - 8th
First, read some fast facts about forces, then take a ten-question, multiple-choice quiz. Check to see if your answers are correct after each question.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Effects of Force

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explore the effects of forces around us in the world.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice With Static Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
With this tutorial, learn how to calculate static friction problems in physics.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Pirates: What Are Some Forces Around Us?

For Students 4th - 6th
Covers the meanings of force, friction, and gravity, and the differences between magnetic and elastic spring force, and between weight and mass. The effect of air resistance on an object's motion is also touched upon.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Newton's Law With Friction (Force on Angle)

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the acceleration of an object being pulled along a horizontal surface by a force on an angle. The surface has friction.
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Mechanics Problems: Force Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Minnesota site provides a series of contextually rich, real-world problems demonstrating force and Newton's second law of motion.
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New York University

New York Univ.: Tandon School of Engineering: Static and Kinetic Friction [Ppt]

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what static and kinetic friction are and discusses the coefficient of friction for different situations. Presents two simple lab experiments and real-life examples of friction in action.
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Visualizing Forces on an Incline

For Students 9th - 10th
This program gives students a visual representation of the forces on a block that is on an inclined plane. The students can watch how force gravity, force normal, and force friction change as the angle of the plane changes. Students can...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 5 Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity: Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This page summarizes each section of Chapter 5: Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity from the AP Physics online text. These include friction, drag force, and elasticity: stress and strain.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Newton's Second Law: Constant Force Applied to a Skateboarder

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab activity, students will become familiar with Newton's 2nd Law of Motion. By investigating the motion of different skateboarders pulled with a variety of constant force values, they will discover that bodies acted on by a...

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