Interactive
Curated OER

Intellectual History

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive world history activity, students answer 22 matching questions regarding the Enlightenment. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cosmic Ray Momentum

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students describe how cosmic rays achieve high kinetic energy via conservation of momentum.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Elevator

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Do you weigh slightly less when an elevator first starts its descent? The simulation teaches the change in the force based on the acceleration, constant speed, or deceleration of an elevator. Scholars control the mass and acceleration...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Airplane

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How does an airplane control its take off and descent? Scholars explore the forces acting on an airplane and control the angle of attack, wing profile, thrust, and airplane size. They learn about lift, drag, thrust, gravity, and the...
PPT
Urbana School District

Electrostatics

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Why did lightning shock the man? Because it didn't know how to conduct itself. Presentation covers electric charges, insulators, conductors, electroscopes, lightning, generators, grounding, static electricity, and more. Presentation...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Modern Physics

For Students 9th - 12th
In this physics worksheet, students tackle the hard questions about scientific theory and take a look at the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Breathing Victory

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils discuss anaerobic respiration and how it relates to sprinting. After discussion of related processes, students create a brochure that explains the complex processes behind every muscular interaction.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Marie Curie's Classroom

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What makes some elements stable and others radioactive? Scholars adjust the number of protons and neutrons in an element then observe its decay. The simulation includes a graphical representation and the chemical formula, as well as...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Free Body Simulation

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
To show the magnitude and direction of all forces acting upon an object, scientists use a free body diagram. This simulation serves as an introduction to free body diagrams allowing scholars to build their own. Pupils select the proper...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Energy: Light -- Spinning Color Wheel

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make spinning color wheels to determine how energy effects what colors look like. They paint or color a color wheel with the seven colors of the spectrum. Next, the spin the wheel to determine what happens. In order to...
Unit Plan
Norwich Institute for Language Education

Simple Machines

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Planning a unit on simple machines? Save some time and energy with this collection of lessons and activities that explores how these devices are used in the real world to make life a little easier. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Breathing Victory

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students know that participation in sports requires energy. They comprehend that we get energy form the foods that we eat and the air thta we breathe. Converting food and air into usable energy is defined as celluar respiration. Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigation 2 - Zoom Balls

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create Zoom Balls to explain how sometimes both forces of push and pull need to be used at the same time.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigation 1 - Push and Pull

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the forces of push and pull on motion
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

In-Line Inertia

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students practice calculating the moment of inertia when discussing a skater and the position in which it is best to spin. After class discussion, students practice calculating inertia on their own.
Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Further Applications of Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
In the following interactive students will begin to apply problem-solving techniques to solve for quantities in more complex systems of forces. They will also integrate concepts from kinematics to solve problems using Newton's laws of...
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
A four-lesson e-textbook covering topics in Newton's Laws. Tutorials include informational text,animations, interactive activities, and quick, interactive comprehension checks throughout the lessons.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Newton's Law of Inertia

For Students 9th - 10th
Review Newton's First Law of Motion in this interactive learning module.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Newton's Laws of Motion and Projectiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, online labs, virtual simulations, and video clips, students learn about Newton's Laws of Motion.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Applications of Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Students apply Newton's laws to more diverse physical settings where multiple forces from varying origins interact. To aid in condensing the physical setting into mathematical expressions, the free body diagram is used in this module...
Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newtons Laws: Skydiving Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore the motion of an object falling under the influence of air resistance. Force arrows and values are shown as the object falls, and a speedometer displays the speed of the object. The mass of the falling object and the...
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Newton's Third Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated examples, and interactive practice problems, students examine Newton's Third Law of Motion.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Finding Individual Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated examples and interactive practice problems, students find the value of forces acting upon objects using force equations.
Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newtons Laws: Atwoods Machine Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Create an Atwood's machine and a modified Atwood's machine in this interactive. Change the amount of mass on either object, introduce friction forces, and measure distance and time in order to calculate the acceleration.