Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 3:4 Investigation 4 Roller Coaster Fun
Third graders will design and build a roller coaster to help understand gravity.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Sliding Textbooks
In this culminating activity of the unit which highlights how forces play a role in engineering design and material choices, students explore and apply their knowledge of forces, friction, acceleration, and gravity in a two-part experiment.
Science Struck
Science Struck: A Comprehensive List of All the Physics Formulas
Provides a long list of physics formulas for easy reference.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Skateboard Science
This site is on the science and art of skateboard design, including equipment, tricks, glossary of terms, and a live webcast of a skateboard performance.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Does Work, Work?
In this video, Peter Bohacek explains the interplay between work and power and how it can be seen in the functioning of a clock. [4:31] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
NASA
Nasa: The Space Place: Orbits 'R' Us
Learn about how Earth orbits the sun and how satellites orbit the Earth. Discover the different types of satellites such as GOES and POES and what they are used to monitor.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: My Solar System
An interactive simulation that teaches about motion, acceleration, and velocity by allowing students to build their own solar system and watch the effects of gravitational pull and how that changes with initial position, velocity, and...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Potential Energy: How Is It Related to Kinetic Energy
After creating three different ramps with various heights, students will release toy cars from the tops of each ramp. Based on the elementary age level, students will collect data and analyze it.
University of Virginia
Uva Physics: Using Vectors to Describe Motion
Background information on vectors and their use in describing motion in two dimensions. A comparison of Aristotle's and Galileo's perspectives on force and motion is given.
Boston University
Boston University: The Gravitational Field
Defines what a gravitational field is, its value, and how to calculate it. Field-line patterns are also drawn and explained.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Penny Droplets
Try this at-home science experiment to learn about the forces of gravity, cohesion, and adhesion.
Treehut
Suzy's World: Black Holes
Use this site to find out what is a black hole in space and try an experiment.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Snacks
Exploratorium's snacks aren't edible, but they are good! Use your science skills to discover gravity, learn about biology, do fun experiments.
Physics4kids
Physics 4 Kids: Motion/mechanics Overview Quiz
Take this ten question multiple choice quiz on motion and mechanics.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Planet Hop
Figure out your age and your weight on all the planets in the solar system using the formulas given here. Then type them into the correct place, and let the computer check to see if you are correct.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Rotational Motion
A page describing rotational equilibrium and non-equilibrium situations. Includes graphics, equations, and many examples.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Newton's Third Law?
This article offers a description and real-life examples of Newton's Third Law. Practice questions are included to test your knowledge!
Concord Consortium
The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: A Pendulum
Change the mass of a suspended object to see how its movement and forces are affected by gravity.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Spin a Spiral Galaxy
This interactive activity from NOVA Online lets you spin a spiral galaxy, including our own Milky Way. It demonstrates that what you can learn from visible light observations of a galaxy is largely determined by the angle from which you...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Huygens, Christiaan
This ScienceWorld site provides a short biographical sketch of Christiaan Huygens and describes his most notable scientific discoveries and contributions. Links are provided throughout for additional information as well.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Move It!
Mechanical energy is the most easily understood form of energy for students. When there is mechanical energy involved, something moves. Mechanical energy is a very important concept to understand. Engineers need to know what happens when...
Other
Fermi National Accelerator Lab: Discovery of Top Quark
This article announces the discovery of the top quark and its significance in particle physics.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Start: How Do Computers Simulate the Motion of Virtual Particles?
In this lesson we'll explore how we use fairly simple physics to draw particles which move according to the forces we feel in the real world (such as wind & gravity).
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Hand Held Heat Engine
Can you defy the force of gravity by making liquid in a toy rise and fall without turning it over? This experiment will show you how to use hand boiler that uses temperature and pressure to move liquid into the top chamber.
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