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Working in Space

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and build one of three engineering problems dealing with living and working in space.
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Weightlessness

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students compare and contrast the terms "weight" and "mass". In this physics lesson, students observe an experiment in which objects are placed on a balance scale and weighed under different circumstances. Partners drop items and observe...
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Momentum and Conservation of Momentum

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this momentum worksheet, students review the equation to solve for momentum and the Law of Conservation of Momentum. Students complete 8 matching, 6 fill in the blank, and 8 problems to solve.
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The Ideal Gas

For Students 9th - 12th
In this ideal gas worksheet, students read about the conditions necessary for an ideal gas to exist. They also read about the deviations from the ideal gas situation and answer four questions about ideal gases.
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Building and Launching Rocket Kits

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils, in groups, build and decorate rocket kits and then launch them.
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Natural Disasters: Nature's Fury

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the human experience. In this business ethics instructional activity, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of the American natural disasters of the 19th and 20th centuries and the implications...
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Super Scientist Quiz

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this science worksheet, students match each of the descriptions on the right to the correct scientist listed on the right. There are thirty scientists to identify and match on the sheet.
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How Far?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore how different textures provide varying amounts of friction to objects moving across them. They build a tool to measure the amount of friction between a note card and various surfaces by measuring the distance that a...
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Work and Energy

For Students 6th - 12th
In this work and energy activity, students review energy laws, potential energy, and kinetic energy. This activity has 8 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, and 5 matching questions.
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Tractor Construction

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students working in small groups will build tractors. They must design a tractor that is able to pull various weights.
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Hurricanes 1: The Science Of Hurricanes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the science of hurricanes in an effort to highlight how forces change the speed and direction of motion. They list facts about hurricanes; including insights about the formation, movement, and impact hurricanes...
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Vectors

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students describe motion by the use of adding vectors to obtain the resultant vector. They comprehend the meaning of a resultant vector. Students identify the difference between the x and y components of vector quantities. Students...
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Origami Flight: The Physical Setting

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the forces that move certain objects.  In this physics lesson, 6th graders design and create paper flying objects using origami methods, which they practice flying in different conditions.  Students...
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Paper Towel Structure

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate technology and its purpose in the workplace. In this geometry lesson, students design and build a paper towel structure to investigate motion and forces. They are given a restricted weight and asked to build their...
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Pasta Bridges

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners analyze the correct use of technology as it relates to math and science. In this science lesson, students investigate force and weight as it relates to building an object. They build a bridge and draw conclusion based on the...
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Roller Coaster Fun

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review the effects of gravity on how objects move. In groups, they design a roller coaster and share it with their classmates. Using materials given to them, they build their roller coaster and let a ball roll on the...
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Race the Track! Super Slope (Lesson One)

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders utilize basic physics concepts to calculate speed of an object set in motion from various heights. In this basic physics lesson, 5th graders make observations, calculations, record data, and conclusions throughout experiment.
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Crash Test Physics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners design and test balsa cars.  In this crash tet instructional activity, students design and build their own cars to specifications.  They explore the physics of motion and vehicle crash safety.
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Deducing Induction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how changing magnetic fields induce currents in loops and coils, determine orientation and magnitude of magnetic field, describe Michael Faraday's experiments that led to conclusion that changing magnetic force induces...
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Study of Projectile Motion using Straw Rockets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers design and launch their own rockets.  In this experimental lesson students launch their own rockets and record the various angles and distance that they go.  Each student has time to redesign their rocket and...
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Technology of the Deep: Experiments with Buoyant Forces

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars conduct a series of experiments to study the effects of temperature and salinity on the buoyancy of an object in water. They devise ways to make floating and sinking objects neutrally buoyant.
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Propellers, Forces and Energy

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students construct a model airplane, measure distance, and calculate velocity.  For this creative lesson students work in groups to build a model and use it to calculate distances and velocity.
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Sir Isaac Newton and His Laws of Motion Hunt

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Sir Isaac Newton worksheet, students use links provided to complete answer to questions related to Newton and his "laws." Worksheet included extended thinking activities.
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Energy in Motion

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore energy transfer. In this thermal energy lesson, 5th graders stretch rubber bands several times and estimate the band's temperature change. Students identify this action as an example of thermal energy. Students...

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