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CPO Science

Physics Skill and Practice Worksheets

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Stop wasting energy searching for physics resources, this comprehensive collection of worksheets has you covered. Starting with introductions to the scientific method, dimensional analysis, and graphing data, these skills practice...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Speed and Acceleration

For Students 6th - 10th
In this speed and acceleration worksheet, students complete math word problems having to do with speed and acceleration. Students complete 13 problems.
PPT
Curated OER

Calculus 10.2 day 2 - Vector Valued Functions

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Looking for a lesson on vectors?  Here is a PowerPoint that has six examples for finding velocity, acceleration, speed and direction of motion. One of the examples demonstrates the use of the TI-89 Graphing Calculator to solve a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time Dilation and Geometry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve problems of dilation and velocity. In this geometry instructional activity, students apply the Pythagorean Theorem to solve problems and relate it to time and velocity.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Acceleration and Velocity Problems

For Students 11th - 12th
In this acceleration and velocity worksheet, students explain how long it would take a car to reach a speed of 100 m/s from resting. Then they determine the acceleration of a plane as it slows down to land if it is going at 75 m/s....
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Angular Velocity: 200 Meter Dash

For Students 10th - 12th
Do curves slow runners down or help their speed? Pupils simulate a 200-meter dash to calculate the angular and linear velocity of a runner. They then determine whether the runner is faster around the curved section of the track...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Train and Bee Problem

For Students 9th - 12th
In this problem solving worksheet, high schoolers solve 1 word problem about two trains and a bee traveling towards each other.  Students determine the distance traveled by the bee given velocity of the trains and bee, and the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vectors: How Much Force Can You Apply

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This instructional activity entails the viewing of two videos to get an overview of force and its application. The instructional activity covers how vectors use force in real-world situations.
Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching

Vectors

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Investigate vectors and learn how to use them. Explore why size and direction, as well as knowing speed and distance, are important components of the vector problems you are trying to solve. This is an extensive instructional activity...
Study Guide
Cherry Creek Schools

Physical Science Final Exam Review Packet

For Students 8th - 12th
If you need a way to assess the concepts in your physical science class, use an extended set of worksheets as a midterm or final exam. It includes questions about density, physical and chemical matter, speed and velocity, weight and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson #20 Rates of Change and Velocity

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate speed. In this rate of change lesson, students complete a rate/time/distance table to determine the average m.p.h. of a given trip. They listen and follow along with the lecture and examples to determine the average...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Velocity vs. Distance

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
At the end of this activity, your number crunchers will have a better understanding as to how to describe graphs of velocity versus time and distance versus time. It is easy for learners to misinterpret graphs of velocity, so have them...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Velocity

For Students 9th - 11th
In this pre-calculus learning exercise, students calculate the velocity of a linear graph by observing the slope of a line. There are 10 velocity questions.
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Edmond Public Schools

8th Grade Science Resource Book: Unit 2 - Physics

For Students 8th Standards
Get things moving with this extensive collection of physical science resources. Covering the fundamentals of measurement, graphing, lab safety, and experimental design as well as the specific scientific concepts...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Worksheet 28: Parametric Equations

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this parametric equations worksheet, students read informational paragraphs and answer 10 questions regarding parameter, velocity, speed, curvature, parametric equations, and scalar curvature.
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Corbett Maths

Average Rate of Change

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Simply find the slope to find the average rate of change. A short video provides the definition of the average rate of change. Using the definition, pupils calculate the average rate of change to solve problems that cover finding average...
AP Test Prep
College Board

2011 AP® Calculus AB Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th
So this is the real test? The resource provides the free-response questions from the 2011 AP Calculus AB exam. The six questions are split into two sections, calculator and non-calculator items. Several resources give teachers...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Rotation Velocity of a Galaxy

For Students 9th - 11th
In this orbit of stars in galaxies instructional activity, students are given an equation that models the orbital speeds of stars as they relate to their distance from the nucleus of a galaxy. Students solve 5 problems using this...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Uniform-Motion Problems: Just Playing with Cars

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of the formula for distance. In this formula for distance activity, students time battery operated cars with constant velocity over 15 meters. Students use the distance = rate x time formula to determine the...
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Curated OER

Vectors: Follow That Arrow

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Vectors and their connection to motion. A video will be presented to provide information for the class to use methods of solving vectors with and without grids. Real-world physical concepts will be explored in reference to vectors.
Activity
Mrs. Burke's Math Page

The Amazing Pi Race

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Add a sense of excitement to your math class with this race across the country. Using their knowledge of all things circular, young mathematicians work in pairs answering a series of pi-related word problems as they hop from one city to...
Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Module 6: Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Create trigonometric functions from circles. The first lesson of the module begins by finding coordinates along a circular path created by a Ferris Wheel. As the lessons progress, pupils graph trigonometric functions and relate them to...
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Keeping Pace

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What came first, pedestrian one or pedestrian two? Scholars consider a problem scenario in which two people walk at different rates at different times. They must decide who reaches a checkpoint first. Their answers are likely to surprise...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Chapter 4 - Objective 7.1 Time

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this time learning exercise, students read distance story problems, write equations, and determine the time or rate of travel. This one-page learning exercise contains three problems.