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Understanding the Conservation of Energy

For Students 8th - 12th
In this conservation of energy worksheet, students read about the law of conservation of energy and about energy distribution. They answer three critical thinking questions about what the law of conservation of energy means to us for...
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3-2-1 Pop!

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students explore rocketry and demonstrate how rocket liftoff is an application of Newton's Laws of Motion. They construct a rocket powered by the pressure generated from an effervescing antacid tablet reacting with water.
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Reflection, Refraction & Lenses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are able to describe what happens to light when it strikes different materials. They describe the law of reflection. Students are able to explain why a mirror froms a virtual image. They are able to describe diffuse...
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Kinetics Practice 2-Key

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this kinetics worksheet, students solve seven problems related to chemical reactions and their rates. Students identify rate laws for mechanisms, they draw reaction diagrams, and they determine rate constants.
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Behavior of Gases

For Students 9th - 12th
In this gas behavior worksheet, students answer 5 questions about gases, how pressure, altitude and temperature effect the behavior of gases and about Gay-Lussac's Law.
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Why Do Hot Air Balloons Float?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Charles' Law worksheet, students solve 8 gas law problems where the pressure is constant and the volume varies directly with the temperature.
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Pressure and Volume of Gases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate pressure and volume as they relate to gases. In this pressure and volume lesson plan, students observe multiple demonstrations related to air pressure. The develop an understanding of the relationship between...
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Why Do Hot Air Balloons Float?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Boyle's Law worksheet, students solve eight problems using the inverse relationship between the volume of a gas and the pressure of a gas at a constant temperature.
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Motion Experiment

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students experiment with the laws of motion. In this motion instructional activity, students explore Newton's Laws of Motion. Students work in groups experimenting with different objects and observing different types of motion.
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Blast Off!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the third law of motion. In this third law of motion lesson plan, 4th graders explore the forces necessary for a rocket to launch. Students compare and contrast propellant and fuel. Numerous resources are...
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Mathematics at the Frontier of Astronomy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore the different types of measurements used in astronomy. In this space science lesson, students explain the relationship between planets' orbits and distance from the sun using Kepler's Laws. They discuss how math...
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Thermodynamics Worksheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this thermodynamics worksheet, learners answer eight questions about reactions that involve change in entropy, they identify reactions as spontaneous or non-spontaneous and they solve problems using the laws of thermodynamics.
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AP Chemistry-Chemical Kinetics

For Students 10th - 12th
In this kinetics worksheet, students find rate laws of reactions, they determine rate constants, they find rate-determining steps of reactions, they find half-life's of reactions and they determine the overall order of reactions.
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Instantaneous Reaction Rate

For Students 9th - 12th
In this instantaneous reaction rate worksheet, students draw an energy diagram for a given reaction, they determine the rate law for a reaction, they determine a rate constant for a reaction and they determine the reaction rate for a...
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Conservation of Energy

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate the law of conservation of energy. In this conservation of energy lesson plan, students are given a story with several dilemmas to be solved by an equation, knowledge of measurement and knowledge of physical...
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Measuring the Heat Energy of a Chemical Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the Law of Conservation of Energy and the relationship between heat and temperature. In this heat energy and chemical changes instructional activity, students observe a candle heating a paper cup of water and...
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Model Rockets

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners build a model rocket. In this model rocket lesson, students explore a rocket launch cycle. Learners investigate the laws of physics for each part of the launch. Students build model rockets and launch at school.
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Fossil Fuel Sources, Usage and Alternatives: What are the Options?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the different sources of fossil fuels. In this environmental science lesson, students research about how these impact our environment. They explore renewable energy sources that could replace fossil fuels.
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Project Energy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore multiple types of energy. In this energy lesson, students prepare a science fair project through completing a WebQuest. Middle schoolers investigate radiant, thermal, and biochemical energy.
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Pop Rocket - Trash to Treasure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
First off, Newton's laws of motion aren't often taught at 2nd grade, so this lesson may be more appropriate for upper elementary learners. It begins with a discussion and demonstration of the laws of motion, and then has individuals...
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Matter Test

For Students 7th - 9th
Physical science learners define matter, explain the law of conservation of matter, and identify compounds according to their state on this twenty-question test. Most appropriate for the introductory physical science class, this resource...
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Orbital Mechanics

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the misconceptions of Newton's laws of motion.  In this motion and gravity lesson plan students interpret data and see the effects of gravity. 
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Quiz on Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 12th
For this Ohm's Law quiz worksheet, high schoolers complete an on-line quiz, clicking on questions and matching answers, scoring 1 point for each correct answer. A printed version is available.
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Ideal Gas Law

For Students 11th - 12th
For this Ideal Gas Law worksheet, students use the Ideal Gas Law to solve each of the problems listed. They calculate the volume of moles of a gas that occupy at a specific temperature. Students also find the volume of moles of gas whose...

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