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Stress, Strain and Hooke's Law

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners study Hooke's Law and stress-strain relationships.  For this spring lesson students create a strain graph in Microsoft Excel.
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Cornell University

The Physics of Bridges

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Stability is key when building a bridge. Scholars explore the forces acting upon bridges through an analysis of Newton's Laws and Hooke's Law. The activity asks individuals to apply their learning by building a bridge of their own.
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Cornell University

Mechanical Properties of Gummy Worms

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Learners won't have to squirm when asked the facts after completing an intriguing lab investigation! Hook young scholars on science by challenging them to verify Hooke's Law using a gummy worm. Measuring the length of the worm as they...
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Profess the Compress

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students determine the ground clearance of CEENBoTs by adding weights. In this physics lesson, students explore the compression and extension of different springs. They cite real world applications of Hooke's Law.
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Investigation of Hooke's Law Lab

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars determine the spring constant by conducting an investigation. In this physics lesson, students collect data and create a graph of force vs. displacement. They compare the results of two different methods to find spring...
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Physics E3 Project Instructional Plan

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore Hooke's law through a variety of hands on activities. In this physics activity, 11th graders perform a computer simulation on Hooke's law. They design a mechanism to test the stress and strain of certain materials.
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Catapult Physics

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Student explore the relationship between Hooke's Law and catapults. After exploring the four types of catapults, learners use Hooke's law to determine the spring constant in a torsion powered catapult. They answer questions based upon...
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Mechanics of Elastic Solids

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Make the connection between Hooke's law and elasticity with an activity that introduces the class to the behavior of elastic materials. The resource defines stress and strain to calculate the modules of elasticity of materials and also...
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Cells: A First-Hand View

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In the first of two activities, your charges prepare wet mount slides of cork and bean sprout cells in imitation of Robert Hooke's historical investigation. An excerpt from his notes is included. Then, investigators compare animal cells...
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Hooke's Law

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars explore the relationship between the force applied to a spring and its stretch. They design and conduct an experiment to determine the stretch of spring with 15N of force without having an actual 15N mass.
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Newton's 2nd Law of Motion

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners investigate how mass affects the speed of an object. In this physics lesson plan, students record data on the data table and graph results. They analyze findings and formulate a conclusion.
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Viscous Fluids

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Elasticity and viscosity. Help your class understand the similarities and differences with an introduction to viscous fluids. After describing four types of fluid behaviors: shear thinning, shear thickening, Bringham plastic, and...
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Skittles and Springs

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils experiment to discover the relationship between the stretch of a spring and the amount of weight attached to the spring using Skittles. They use a CBR and a graphing calculator to gather data.
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Curated OER

Tubular, Dude! Exploring Blood Vessels

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the cardiovascular system. In this human body instructional activity, students observe blood flow and study cardiovascular diseases and how they affect the human body system.
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TE Lesson: Out of Breath

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the parts of the human respiratory system while examining the gas exchange that takes place in the lungs. They make a model lung. They look at how the respiratory system is affected by spaceflight.
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Cell Theory, Plant And Animal Cell Comparison

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders study plant and animal cells.  In this investigative instructional activity students draw their own animal cells and label them. 
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Atoms, Kinetic Theory, Solids and Fluids

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students identify and describe the building blocks that make up an atom. They also compare the ages of atoms to the ages of the materials they compose,as well as, give examples that illustrate the small size of atoms.

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