Students explore the art of paper engineering and pop-up-books. They listen to a teacher-led lecture on pop-up books, discuss the process of paper engineering, and plan, design and construct an original pop-up book.

A few class periods will be required to complete this physics investigation with your high schoolers. There is an unavailable video written into the lesson plan, but there is plenty of material here to bridge the gap. Two terrific...

Students identify the factors affecting friction. For this physics lesson, students construct their own rocket car and race them. They graph the average speeds and discuss how lubricants affect friction between rubbing surfaces.

Students identify Sir Isaac Newton and his contribution to physics. They write Newton's three Laws of classical mechanics. and apply Newton's Laws to the world around them. They isolate a situation and apply Newton's Laws.

Students research articles about science technology and society. For this science and technology lesson, students answer questions about an article they chose. They share what they learned with their peers.

Students explore mechanical friction. They perform experiments to observe the direction of mechanical motion and the difference between rolling and sliding friction. Data results on the experiments are recorded and students answer...

Young scholars explore friction and use objects such as coins and marbles to study the concept.

Students differentiate distance and displacement. For this physics lesson, students use formulas to calculate for displacement. They draw vectors using the grid.

Young scholars are introduced to the concepts of impulse and momentum and problem solving strategies for these types of problems. In groups, they discover the law of conservation of momentum and share their answers with the class.

A detailed explanation of the different types of forces that can be applied to an object and how to represent them in a free body diagram. Includes examples and some practice problems to try, with solutions provided.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will understand how to read and create free body diagrams.

Review the key concepts and skills for forces, including how to draw free body diagrams.

A skill-building tool that presents students with twelve situations for which they must construct free-body diagrams. Force arrows allow user to toggle the magnitude of the force. Feedback is immediate; opportunities to correct answers...

Need some practice drawing free-body diagrams? This slideshow lesson gives several examples of different situations and the forces that need to be shown in the free-body diagram.

Students practice reading situations where forces are acting upon objects in all directions and magnitudes, and then draw free-body diagrams to represent the forces. Each problem has a self-checking key linked right on the page.

This lesson provides the learner with example problems on drawing free-body diagrams. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Practice Drawing Free-Body Diagrams."

This lesson demonstrates how to represent the forces acting on an object using a free-body diagram. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Representing Forces on a Free-Body Diagram."

This lesson provides the learner with example problems on using free-body diagrams to determine the net force acting on an object. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Practice w/ Free-Body Diagrams."

This lesson demonstrates how to use free-body diagrams to determine the net force acting on an object.

This lesson provides the learner with example problems on drawing free-body diagrams. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Practice Drawing Free-Body Diagrams."

Learn to draw free-body diagrams in this simulation where you place arrows to indicate the directions that forces are acting on an object.

This lesson introduces the concept of the free-body diagram. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Free-Body Diagram."

Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time.

Students study several free-body diagrams to better understand balanced and unbalanced forces.