Activity
Teachers TryScience

Teachers Try Science: Eggs at Rest Stay at Rest

For Students 5th - 8th
Students demonstrate the properties of inertia with some common kitchen materials.
Interactive
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Friction and Fly Balls

For Students 9th - 10th
Try to find the sweet spot for hitting a baseball so that it travels the greatest horizontal distance.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is a Centripetal Force?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what centripetal forces are and how to calculate them. Included are two problems with the solutions provided.
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Lab Work Forces & Acceleration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Illinois Institute of Technology provides this site. The site contains a graphing activity which illustrates that a constant force exerted upon an object results in constant acceleration. Rolling carts and stopwatches are used to...
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Colliding Spheres

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lab activity from the Illinois Institute of Technology lets students investigate the impact of collisions upon the velocity and momentum of the colliding objects. Requires understanding of vectors.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science for Middle School

For Students 6th - 8th
This digital textbook covers core physical science concepts and includes interactive features, real world examples, and videos.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Water Bottle Rockets Understanding Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this activity, students will design and construct a water bottle rocket. Students will demonstrate understanding of a good experimental design and analysis of results.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Vectors: Double Trouble in 2 Dimensions

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial, analyze two-body problems in which the objects are moving in different directions.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Conservation of Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
View a simulation that shows the reaction to a cart on wheels carrying a swinging pendulum.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Introduction to a System: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept a systems and explains why it is important to properly define a system. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Introduction to a System."
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Momentum & Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
Review momentum and collisions with this collection of video lectures from East Los Angeles College. Lectures vary in length and explain the concepts with examples.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mass & Acceleration: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains why mass and acceleration are inversely proportional. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Mass & Acceleration."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Representing Forces on an Inclined Plane: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates how to draw free-body diagrams for objects at rest or sliding on an inclined plane. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Representing Forces on an Inclined Plane."
Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Force

For Students K - 1st
What is force? Illustrated discussion of how force is calculated and three familiar types.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Interaction Between Objects: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept of action and reaction forces and explains how they can be observed. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Interaction Between Objects."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Introduction to a System: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept a systems and explains why it is important to properly define a system. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Introduction to a System."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Free Body Diagram: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept of the free-body diagram. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Free-Body Diagram."
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Solar System!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An introduction to our solar system: the planets, our Sun and our Moon. Students begin by learning the history and engineering of space travel. They make simple rockets to acquire a basic understanding Newton's third law of motion. They...
Graphic
Curated OER

Match Stick Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online lesson plan students can experience Newton's Laws of Motion in relation to rockets with this experiment.
Graphic
Curated OER

Match Stick Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online lesson plan students can experience Newton's Laws of Motion in relation to rockets with this experiment.
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Balancing Ball: Suspend a Ball in a Stream of Air

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson plan students learn about air flow using a suspended ball in an air stream.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: If Superpowers Were Real: Flight

For Students 9th - 10th
Is it scientifically possible to fly? In this series, creator Joy Lin tackles six superpowers and reveals just how scientifically realistic they can be to us mere mortals. [5:11]
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Rotational Dynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the Newtonian mechanics principle of conservation of angular momentum and the application in the quantum mechanical world.
PPT
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The Counter Reformation

For Students 9th - 10th
Tom Richey offers a thorough slideshow incorporatin Sir Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion while reviewing the historic details of the Counter-Reformation. Find out who disagreed with the Reformation movement.

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