The Thinking Fountain provides this simple experiment for understanding friction and it relationship to energy.

This site provides a list of the topics and links to the Physics (Combined Science)courses offered in GCSE Bitesize and a list of contents of each. The topics include the following: Energy, Electricity, Matter, Radioactivity, Forces,...

Young scholars build a device to protect an egg and prevent it from breaking when dropped.

A simple introduction to energy, offering information on hydro-electric energy, fossil fuels, nuclear power, solar energy, and wind energy.

Take an interactive quiz over physical science careers. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.

This article explains what forces are at work on changing the tides of our oceans.

A great experiment to show students how electrons move by static electricity. This site includes web links, a challenge question, and notes for the teacher.

Student activity that requires the design, construction, and testing of a compound machine to solve a problem in their environment.

Glencoe offers the STEM Handbook which outlines the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math in opening many career pathways.

This is an interactive inquiry where students will investigate the speed of an object and the energy it exerts as it crashes into other objects. Students will understand that the more speed an object has, the more energy it has in a...

Demos and activities in this lesson are intended to illustrate the basic concepts of energy science--work, force, energy, power etc., and the relationships among them. The "lecture" portion of the lesson includes many demonstrations to...

Provides a long list of physics formulas for easy reference.

A collection of resources on how humans use machines and tools to meet their needs. Covers simple and complex machines, subsystems that transfer forces, mechanical advantage, speed ratio, the effect of friction, efficiency, the science...

A set of four online courses in Physics for elementary and middle school teachers. Each course targets a different topic area - light, electricity & magnetism, temperature & heat, and force, motion, & energy.

Kids learn about glossary and terms in the science of physics and motion. Definitions for words such as momentum, force, work, energy, gravity, scalar, vector, power, and more.

In this lesson, learners learn about work as defined by physical science and see that work is made easier through the use of simple machines. Already encountering simple machines everyday, students will be alerted to their widespread...

A detailed look at the aerodynamic principles associated with cycling. Good science and even better web page design. Includes an online calculator that allows the user to calculate the aerodynamic drag and propulsive power of a bicyclist...

This site from The Museum of Science presents some compound machines and asks students to identify which simple machines they are composed of. Students provide their answer and receive immediate feedback.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of work and how it relates to force and distance.

Explore engineering technology with this unit. Students will study how to design and execute two types of homemade vehicles using elastic.

Help the Mummy build a rollercoaster to entertain the Atoms Family monsters by investigating the concepts of kinetic and potential energy.

Article attempts to answer the question "what is Physics?" Takes a look at concepts such as force, motion, Newton's Laws, work, energy, and much more.

After creating three different ramps with various heights, young scholars will release toy cars from the tops of each ramp. Based on the elementary age level, students will collect data and analyze it.

In this Science-athon, students try to make their marble roll the farthest across a flat surface, using their knowledge of forces, motion, and energy to guide them through their apparatus design. Teachers must enroll online.