Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Force and Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
In this student-paced module, students apply Newton's Laws of Motion to everyday life, calculate mathematical relationships involving force and motion using algebraic formulas, and understand the difference between mass and weight.
Unit Plan
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.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Forces and Motion: Acceleration

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on acceleration.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Magical Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students watch video clips from the October Sky and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movies to see examples of projectile motion. Then they explore the relationships between displacement, velocity and acceleration, and calculate...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Fish Force

For Students K - 1st
Use science inquiry to predict and investigate forces and motion to help rescue Ruff's plushie from the penguins' ice rink in this sports science game.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Motion: What Causes Objects to Move?

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars will have an opportunity to determine what makes everyday objects move. Students will be given objects and asked to make predictions on how far each object will move after they blow on it. Then they will measure the...
Activity
SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Observing Objects

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a performance task for Grade Four students where they observe two different pendulums and compare the two types of motion. The activity is designed for a lab setting where students work at individual stations. A rubric and...
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My Science Site

Forces and Motion [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides reproducibles that aide in student learning of force and motion. Also offers hands-on and cooperative learning activity ideas as well as an ESL/ELD activity. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Teacher's Guide: Sports Science

For Teachers K - 1st
Learn about sports science and force and motion alongside Ruff Ruffman.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Sesame Street: Science

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A collection of interactives, videos, and documents on a variety science concepts.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Gravity Force Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Manipulate the mass and distance of two objects to see how these properties change the gravity force.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about various forces and how they relate to everyday life 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
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Pirates: What Are Some Forces Around Us?

For Students 4th - 6th
Covers the meanings of force, friction, and gravity, and the differences between magnetic and elastic spring force, and between weight and mass. The effect of air resistance on an object's motion is also touched upon.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Calculating Acceleration From Force and Mass

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to calculate acceleration from force and mass, and force from mass and acceleration.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Motion

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of motion and how it is related to frame of reference.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Force and Motion: Simple Machines

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow and a short quiz on simple machines and how they reduce the amount of work or effort needed to complete a task.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Force and Motion: Newton's First Law: Inertia

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the meaning of inertia.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Forces in Motion

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson explores forces, and how they react to the world around us. It also discusses Newton's Laws of Science.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Newton's Second Law

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Newton's second law of motion and the effects of force and mass on acceleration. Direct and inverse relationships between force, mass and acceleration.
Activity
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.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Force

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of force, how it relates to motion, and force as a vector.
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Brownian Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ScienceWorld gives a brief description of Brownian motion. It also goes on with a detailed series of formula derivations utilizing calculus. Links to related topics and definitions are given.
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Frictional Force Experiment

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson about friction can be found on this website. Students will experiment to see how motion and frictional force affect the game of football.