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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Earth Orbits

For Students 9th - 10th
An equation for the law of universal gravitation is stated. The weight equation (W=m*g) is related to the law. An interactive JavaScript form allows the user to practice determining the force of gravity and the acceleration of gravity...
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Vectors: Inclined Planes

For Students 9th - 10th
Through examples and interactive practice problems, this physics tutorial helps students understand how forces behave on an object on an inclined plane.
Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Lift | Nasa Online

For Students 9th - 10th
An upward force called lift acts on the airplane and opposes the downward forces of gravity. The lift force allows the airplane to get off the ground and stay in the air. Watch the simulation to see how this works.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Physics of Roller Coasters

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the physics utilized by engineers in designing today's roller coasters, including potential and kinetic energy, friction, and gravity. First, students learn that all true roller coasters are completely driven by the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Flying With Style

For Teachers 10th - 12th
As students begin to understand the physics behind thrust, drag, and gravity and how these relate these to Newton's three laws of motion, groups assemble and launch the rockets that they designed in the associated lesson.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Fluid Statics: Archimedes' Principle

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define buoyant force, state Archimedes' principle, understand why objects float or sink, and understand the relationship between density and Archimedes' principle.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Tightening the Turns in Speed Skating

For Students 9th - 10th
Fast turns around the track can become your laboratory tests in these experiments, whether you skate on ice, wood, or pavement. The goal is to determine which type of turns are best in a race - tight, medium, or wide - and then to figure...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: The Larger It Is the Harder It Falls

For Teachers 3rd
Understand the concept of force and the effect it has on the motion of objects.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this site for an interactive tour of the atom and all aspects of particle physics. View the animations available with almost every description on this site. A great place for the fundamentals of particles and forces including a...
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Physics: Archimedes' Principle

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter provides a detailed discussion of Archimedes' principle, buoyant force, floating and sinking, and the role of density. Includes questions, problems and...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Gravity: Predicting Time to Hit the Ground

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars will drop and shoot horizontally "Nerf" balls from a variety of known heights then record the amount of time it takes for the ball to hit the ground for each trial. They will plot height vs. time data and create a trend...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gravitational Attraction

For Students 9th - 10th
Applies Newton's concept of gravity to computer graphic programming.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Gravitational Force & Newton's Second Law of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how gravitational force is related to free fall, acceleration due to gravity, and Newton's second law of motion.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Centrifugal Reaction Force

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust variables to see how a ball is affected by gravity while traveling around a circle.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Mass, Weight and Gravitational Field Strength

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on gravitational fields and includes what one is, the formula for gravity force, defining weight, formula for mass, an example of how to calculate gravity force, a practice question, and a link to a test.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: What Makes Things Move?

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, young scholars will learn about push and pull forces that make things move. They will also practice using position words to describe location. To learn about forces, they will move objects, observe the movement of...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Air Resistance

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lab, students will investigate what factors affect air resistance while introducing gravity and other forces.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Kindergarten Science

For Students K
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A science text for kindergarten that covers the weather and gravity.
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Other

Center for Education Partnerships: The Marble Roll

For Students 3rd - 9th
In this Science-athon, students try to make their marble roll the farthest across a flat surface, using their knowledge of forces, motion, and energy to guide them through their apparatus design. Teachers must enroll online.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Egg Drop

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this physics lab, students build a container to safely deliver two eggs from the top of the school. Students calculate average velocity, acceleration, momentum, and the amount of force as it hits the ground. If their egg breaks, they...
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: The Life Cycle of a Star

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the formation and life cycle of stars. Stars form when enough dust and gas clump together because of gravitational forces. Nuclear reactions release energy to keep the star hot. Some stars grow larger over time....
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mechanics Mania

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Through ten lessons and numerous activities, students explore the natural universal rules engineers and physicists use to understand how things move and stay still. Together, these rules are called "mechanics." The study of mechanics is...
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NASA

Nasa: Rockets Educator Guide: Newton Car

For Students 3rd - 8th
This lesson gives students direction on how to experiment using gravity and force. Students will make a wooden car and use different forces to make the car propel.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Center of Gravity Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Illinois Institute of Technologysite provides a lab activity in which students find the center of gravity of a box which has nonuniform weight distribution. Complete with directions and discussion questions; answers provided.

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