ClassFlow
Class Flow: Forces in Action
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this unit children apply their knowledge of a variety of forces to contexts in which objects are stationary because forces on them are balanced. Children learn about the changes in motion which occur...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Balancing Ball: Suspend a Ball in a Stream of Air
In this lesson plan students learn about air flow using a suspended ball in an air stream.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: A Physical Model of Human Sitting
Practice for the MCAT with this passage, diagram, and question about equilibrium and translational motion.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Rotational Motion
A page describing rotational equilibrium and non-equilibrium situations. Includes graphics, equations, and many examples.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Mechanics Mania
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...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Catapult Creations
Third graders learn how a catapult works and build their own.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Teacher's Guide: Sports Science
Learn about sports science and force and motion alongside Ruff Ruffman.
Concord Consortium
The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Weight Balance on a Pulley
Watch how the placement of two weights attached to a chain on different sides of a pulley affect the movement of the system. You can adjust the heaviness of the weights.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Ups and Downs
Explore sports science and build a ramp that will roll a ball right to the target.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Bottle Cap Hockey
Explore sports science and see how many points can you score with your bottle caps in Ruff's take on table hockey.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Build It Up, Knock It Down
Explore structural science and compete in a building contest where each team builds a structure without using tape and then tries to knock the other one down using only paper.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Tower Time
Explore structural science and try to stack a tall, stable tower in this building activity.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Architecture Scavenger Hunt
Explore structural science and look for shapes around your school or in the buildings in your neighborhood.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Teacher's Guide: Structures
Learn about structures alongside Ruff Ruffman.