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New York City Department of Education

Straw Rockets

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Scholars become rocket scientists as they take off on a journey exploring Newton's laws of motion. After learning the laws of motion, pupils design their own investigations using straw rockets. They highlight their literacy skills in a...
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Henry Ford Museum

Physics, Technology and Engineering in Automobile Racing

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Start your engines! This five-lesson unit introduces physics and Newton's laws through automobile racing. Each lesson includes background information, a student worksheet, and an answer key. There are also culminating...
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University of Florida

Understanding Car Crashes: It's Basic Physics!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Make an impact on young physicists with this fun collection of resources. After first watching a video and taking notes on the physics of car crashes, students go on to complete a series of activities that explore the...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Newton's Third Law of Motion: Symmetry in Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
In the following interactive students will begin to understand Newton's third law of motion and also apply it to define systems and solve problems of motion.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Newton's Third Law of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students find out about Newton's Third Law of Motion, and explore situations involving multiple objects.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 4.4 Newton's Third Law of Motion: Symmetry in Forces

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to understand Newton's third law of motion and apply Newton's third law to define systems and solve problems of motion.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Newton's Third Law

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Newton's Third Law of Motion - action and reaction forces and why they are not balanced forces.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Newton's 3 Laws, With a Bicycle

For Students 9th - 10th
This video describes Newton's three laws of motion and how they relate to the everyday motion of a bicycle. [3:33] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Newton's Third Law: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will show that when a force is exerted on an object, an equal and opposite force is produced, as stated in Newton's Third Law. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Newton's Third Law."
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Newton's Law of Action Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand Newton's Third Law the law of action-reaction in this tutorial.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Newton's Third Law of Motion & Acceleration: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how Newton's third law of motion can help determine the acceleration of interacting objects. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Newton's Third Law of Motion & Acceleration."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice W/ Newton's Third Law of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on Newton's third law of motion.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Newton's Third Law of Motion Stated Verbally

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept of Newton's third law of motion and explains how it is experienced.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Newton's Third Law

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand why for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Making objects move around the computer screen and responding to a variety of environmental forces by understanding Newton's Laws of force and acceleration.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Forces and Motion: Action and Reaction

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on Newton's Third Law of Motion. It breaks down what action and reaction mean, and how mass and acceleration factor into the outcome of a collision.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this outline to find out about Newton's Laws of Motion. Use the different lesson plans covering the laws of motion to learn more.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Newton's Third Law: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will show that when a force is exerted on an object, an equal and opposite force is produced, as stated in Newton's Third Law. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Newton's Third Law."
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Linear Momentum and Force: Introduction to Rocket Propulsion

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to state Newton's third law of motion, explain the principle involved in propulsion of rockets and jet engines, derive an expression for the acceleration of the rocket , discuss the factors...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Are Newton's Laws?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Through a series of three lessons and one activity, students are introduced to inertia, forces, and Newton's three laws of motion.
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NBC

Nbc Learn: Science of Golf

For Students 9th - 10th
NBC Learn, in partnership with the United States Golf Association, uncovers the science, technology, engineering and math behind the game of golf. For lesson plans provided by the National Science Teachers Association, open the video and...
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Georgia Department of Education

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

For Students 9th - 10th
Newton's three laws are deceptively simple, but they are the underpinning of all of physics and govern the mechanics all of your actions in everyday life. Take an in-depth look at these laws in this learning module.
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University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips: Newton's Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
Physiclips thoroughly presents Newton's laws with animations and film clips.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What if Everyone Jumped at the Same Time?

For Students 9th - 10th
If every action has an equal and opposite reaction, what kind of physical action would it take for the earth to notice us? Check out Vsauce's video on what would happen if everyone on Earth got together and jumped. [7:13]