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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Balloon Racer Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This project will motivate learners to process and apply Newton's laws of motion to make their vehicle travel as far as possible
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Physics Tug of War

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this activity, students will learn about Newton's 2nd Law of Motion. They will learn that the force required to move a book is proportional to the weight of the book. Engineers use this relationship to determine how much force they...
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Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry Chicago: Online Science: Drop Eggs Into Cups

For Students 3rd - 8th
Step-by-step illustrated instructions showing how to drop four eggs into four cups without touching them. Demonstrates the concept of inertia according to Newton's first law of motion.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Motion on Incline Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the distance an object will move up an incline using Newton's Laws. Mass, angle, gravitational field and initial speed will be generated randomly.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Motion on Incline Level 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the distance an object will move up an incline using Newton's Laws. Mass, angle, gravitational field, coefficient of friction and initial speed will be generated randomly.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Motion on Incline Level 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the speed of a block when it returns to its original location on an incline using Newton's Laws. Mass, angle, gravitational field, coefficient of friction and initial speed will be generated randomly.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Water Bottle Rockets, Etc!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this science lab, students investigate Newton's Laws of Motion. They will make and fly water bottle rockets, as well as measure the height of each rocket's flight.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newtons Laws: Rocket Sledder Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience the effect of friction, air resistance, and applied force upon a sledder. The speed, acceleration, and force values are displayed as the sled moves. Learners can vary the mass of the sledder and the size of the parachute...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Build a Balloon Car

For Students 6th - 8th
With craft and recycled materials, kids can make all kinds of rolling vehicles. Add balloons to make this balloon car and see Newton's laws of motion in action.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Trig and Forces: The Pendulum

For Students 9th - 10th
Using Newton's Laws of motion to calculate the acceleration of a pendulum as well as to compute and draw its position along the swing and move about the screen in a computationally based graphic system.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Newton's First Law: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces Newton's First Law, that inertia causes objects at rest to remain at rest, and objects in motion to remain in motion. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Newton's First Law."
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Other

Easyphysics: Chapter 4 Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners investigate forces and Newton's laws. Some topics examined are mass, friction, and Newton?s laws of motion. The resource includes example problems with solutions and a chapter quiz.
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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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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Vibrational Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article the concept of vibrational motion and its relationship to waves is introduced.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Everglades Airboat

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about Newton's 2nd Law- the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration, for a wind-powered boat.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Amusement Park Physics: Roller Coaster

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Newton's Laws of Physics, g-force, the causes of motion sickness, and more by reading about different rides at an amusement park.
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Michigan Reach Out

Nasa: Soda Pop Can Hero Engine

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore all three parts of Newton's Laws of Motion by observing a spinning pop can.
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Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Dynamics Bodies in Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Through an online slide-show format, learn about the physics of motion, including Newton's laws of motion.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Finding Individual Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world of finding individual forces. "The process of determining the value of the individual forces acting upon an object involve [sic] an application of Newton's Second law and an application of the meaning of the net force."
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Motion Pretest

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will take a pretest to assess their knowledge about motion in a physical science class.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Forces and Motion: Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
See how forces affect various items that are pushed or pulled.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Newton's Cannon

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about orbits and how an object can stay in orbit under the influence of gravity. By adjusting launch velocities users will understand how to successfully put a virtual satellite into orbit without...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Tether Ball

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about centripetal motion in the context of the game of tether-ball.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Loop the Loop

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the centripetal motion in the context of a roller coaster going through a loop-the-loop and over a hill.

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