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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Velocity Test: Interpreting Velocity Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students' will use a motion detector to record the distance versus time data for the simple motion of a walker. They will calculate velocity from this graph and compare it with the velocity graph generated by the...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Ball Bounce

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity allows students to use real data obtained by them to model quadratic equations. students can use the TI-83 and/or TI-84 and a motion detector to collect their data. The students will then manually fit both quadratic and...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Walk the Line: Straight Line Distance Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students' use a motion detector to create straight-line, or constant-speed, distance versus time plots, and analyze the linear equation that describes the plots.
Handout
University of Sydney (Australia)

University of Sydney: Structure and Properties of Materials/thermal Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhaustive set of "lecture notes" on various topics in thermal physics (including thermal expansion). Explanations are well done and more interesting than most. Includes both a mathematical and conceptual treatment of topics. Humor,...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: River Crossing Problem Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find out the downstream distance that a boat travels when its heading relative to the water is perpendicular to the way the water is moving.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: River Crossing Problem Level 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find out the downstream distance that a boat travels when its heading relative to the water is not perpendicular to the way the water is moving.
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Drone Delivery Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students find the relationships that govern the behavior of a package that has been released by a drone that is flying horizontally. Students will have control over the drone's height and horizontal speed....
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Football Tackle Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find the best angle for a tackler to run in order to reach a ball carrier most efficiently.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Center of Mass and Two Dimensional Collisions Review

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference page that reviews two-dimensional collisions with key concepts, equations, and skills to understand center of mass motion.
Activity
Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Cam Mechanism

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Create a simple machine that transfers a rotational motion into linear vertical motion with this challenge. The site gives more details on the challenge as well as tips and place to document your design process. Teachers can find a...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Just Plane Simple

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson introduces students to three of the six simple machines used by many engineers. These machines include the inclined plane, the wedge and the screw. In general, engineers use the inclined plane to lift heavy loads, the wedge...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice W/ Position & Constant Acceleration: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on calculating the position of an object undergoing constant acceleration. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Practice w/ Position & Constant Acceleration."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice W/ Position & Unknown Time: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on calculating the position of an object when time is unknown, but velocity and acceleration are. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Practice w/ Position & Unknown Time."
Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1929

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Nobel Foundation tells the scientific work which earned Louis de Broglie the Nobel Prize in Physics. Here, you can read the Presentation Speech in which Professor C.W. Oseen praises Louis de Broglie's work and de...
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Inelastic Collision Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the key concepts and skills for inelastic collisions. Understand how to determine if a collision is elastic or inelastic.

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