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Simple Machines Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this simple machines worksheet, students complete a chart. They look at a picture of a simple machine, draw/paste an example of each one for homework. They use a web quest to find 2 more facts about each one and write it in the chart....
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Weightlessness

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners use a coffee cup to demonstrate weightlessness. After a lecture/demo, students read an article on free-fall. They perform a simple experiment which helps them explain the concept of weightlessness.
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Gravity, Forces, and Inertia

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars participate in assessments involving gravity, forces, and inertia. They select from a menu of options assessments they would like to complete including worksheets, drawing posters, watching videos, creating crossword...
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Activity Two Teacher Page: Explosions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify variables that affect the system, and specify which variables are independent and which are dependent.
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Physics Quiz

For Students 6th - 12th
In this physics worksheet, learners complete short answer questions about physics concepts such as electricity, space, light, and more. Students complete 20 short answer questions.
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Hot Stuff

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate mechanical and electrical machines in the classroom and school, and identify which produce heat while operating.
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Work and Power

For Students 9th - 12th
In this power learning exercise, students use the equations of power and work to complete 4 word problems. Students use the standard units of watts and joules.
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Recycled Racers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners research automobile operating systems in relation to racing. They design and construct vehicles from recycled material which they race to study the concept of propulsion.
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Opposites Attract

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils demonstrate the attraction of small pieces of paper to a charged plastic rod and conduct experiment with other objects to determine whether they can hold a charge. They then use online applets to apply their experiments to...
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Simple Machines Vocabulary Quiz Worksheet

For Students 4th - 8th
In this simple machines vocabulary quiz worksheet, students match the 19 terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions.
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Ocean Currents Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
In this ocean activity, students complete a 13 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about ocean currents. Prior knowledge is assumed.
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Levers in the Body: They Are Not What You Might Think!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate lever systems in the human body and compare arm anatomy to model.  In this human levers instructional activity students graph and analyze their results.
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Student Exploration: Force and Fan Carts

For Students 5th - 8th
In this force and fan carts worksheet, students use the internet program Gizmo to explore force and fan carts. Students answer 28 questions.
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Weightlessness

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students predict the behavior of coffee in a cup while it is dropped during a demonstration. They relate their observations to the weightless conditions that astronauts experience in space and discuss the concept of free-fall.
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Henry Builds A Cabin

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils listen to the book "Henry Builds a Cabin." They design a cabin using Lego pieces based on information from the story.
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3-2-1 Blast Off!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders work cooperatively in groups to assemble and launch a rocket.
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Space Ship Pilot

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners visualize the relationship between acceleration and velocity as they maneuver a model spaceship in a 2-dimensional applet.
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Meteorology Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science activity, students look for the words that are related to the theme of the activity. They also work on the skills of spelling and word recognition.
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Angles: Angles, Angles, Everywhere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students estimate and accurately measure the size of angles communicate with the appropriate geometric terms and symbols to describe and name angles, lines, line segments, rays
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Easy Does It

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discover how inclined planes make work easier as they make mathematical predictions and prove their predictions through experiments.
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Serc:investigating Friction:investigate How the Force of Friction Opposes Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this investigation, young scholars will learn that speed, velocity, and changes in velocity are the result of the action of forces on objects such as friction. They will be able to explain how the force of friction opposes motion by...
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Teach Engineering: Energy of Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
By taking a look at the energy of motion all around us, students learn about the types of energy and their characteristics. They first learn about the two simplest forms of mechanical energy: kinetic and potential energy, as illustrated...
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Science Buddies: Effect of Friction on Objects in Motion

For Students 6th - 8th
The funny thing about friction is that you couldn't get anywhere without it, yet it still acts to slow you down as you're getting there. Here is an easy project to measure the effects of friction.
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Forces and Motion: Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the forces at work when pulling against a cart, and pushing a refrigerator, crate, or person. Create an applied force and see how it makes objects move. Change friction and see how it affects the motion of objects.

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