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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.
PPT
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.
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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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Other

Easyphysics: Chapter 4 Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners investigate forces and Newton's laws. Some topics examined are mass, friction, and Newton?s laws of motion. The resource includes example problems with solutions and a chapter quiz.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Finding Individual Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world of finding individual forces. "The process of determining the value of the individual forces acting upon an object involve [sic] an application of Newton's Second law and an application of the meaning of the net force."
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Forces and Motion: Acceleration

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on acceleration.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Forces on Incline Problem Simple

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find out the force needed to hold an object stationary on an incline when there is no friction present on the incline.
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: What Is Friction

For Students K - 1st
What is friction? Illustrated discussion of friction including the three types, its importance, and why it is avoided.
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Force

For Students K - 1st
What is force? Illustrated discussion of how force is calculated and three familiar types.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How to Pull Something Heavy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students measure and analyze forces that act on vehicles pulling heavy objects while moving at a constant speed on a frictional surface. They study how the cars interact with their environments through forces, and discover which...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Measuring Pressure

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn first-hand the relationship between force, area and pressure. They use a force sensor built from a LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT kit to measure the force required to break through a paper napkin. An interchangeable top at the end of...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Forces and Winds

For Students 9th - 10th
What causes wind? How does wind affect our weather? This website is neatly organized into topics about pressure, gradient force, Coriolis force, geostrophic wind, gradient wind, friction, boundary layer wind, and sea and land breezes....
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use given friction formulas and an interactive diagram for an inclined plane to solve a motion problem. After the activity, answer a challenge question to check for understanding.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Force of Friction

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In the first of two lessons of this curricular unit, students are introduced to the concept of friction as a force that impedes motion when two surfaces are in contact. Student teams use spring scales to drag objects, such as a ceramic...
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Mechanics Problems: Force and Linear Kinematics Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Minnesota site provides a series of contextually rich problems pertaining to force, Newton's second law of motion, and linear kinematics.
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My Science Site

Forces and Motion [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides reproducibles that aide in student learning of force and motion. Also offers hands-on and cooperative learning activity ideas as well as an ESL/ELD activity. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Forces: Balloon Car Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, teams of students build a car out of common materials which is then propelled by the release of air out of a balloon and must travel a minimum distance. The activity is then extended to a competition to build the car...
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Bscs: Forces and Motion Content Background Document

For Teachers K - 1st
In this document, we will try to answer a fundamental question of physical science, "Why do things start to move, slow down, speed up, stop moving or change direction?" In answering these core questions we can develop concepts that can...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Modeling Gravity and Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
Application of Newton's Law of force and gravity to computer graphic programming.
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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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Science Struck

Science Struck: Static Friction vs. Kinetic Friction: The Differences

For Students 9th - 10th
Teaches what friction force is, the difference between static and kinetic friction, and how friction force is calculated.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Frictional Forces

For Students 4th - 8th
Understand frictional forces on objects.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Friction: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the concept of friction and explain how it can affect forces. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Friction."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Friction: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the concept of friction and explain how it can affect forces. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Friction."

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