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Video Analysis of Motion &
Students examine a powerful tool that can be used in the study of motion. They use VideoPoint to measure an aspect of an organism's motion: speed, acceleration, center of mass.
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Linear Motion Problems
In this motion learning exercise, students determine the speed, velocity, or acceleration of various objects under certain conditions. This learning exercise has 7 word problems.
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IPC Physics Vocabulary Review
In this physics review worksheet, students review vocabulary words associated with speed, acceleration, Newton's Laws and simple machines, work and energy, magnetism, electricity, and harmonic motion and light. This worksheet has 92...
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Velocity, Position, Distance
Students solve problems involving motion and distance. In this calculus activity, students use to derivative to calculate the velocity-of a function. They observe objects moving along a straight line.
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The Fundamentals of Space-Time: Part 3
If you weren't already blown away by first two installments, check out this clip on how gravity and space-time interact! Our physicist friends, Pontzen and Whyntie, continue their discussion of these motion concepts for your high...
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Fly Me to the Moon!
In this Moon travel activity, students construct a simple rocket trajectory called the Hohmann Transfer orbit using a compass, string, paper and a pencil. Students solve 2 problems which include finding the number of hours it takes to...
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What Causes Pressure?
Are you feeling the pressure? Let loose a little with a kinesthetic activity that models molecular motion in a closed space! The activity varies conditions such as volume and temperature and examines the effects on molecules.
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Activity One Teacher Page: Vehicles In Motion
Students identify variables that affect the system, and specify which variables are independent and which are dependent.
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Toying Around with Newton's Laws
Eighth graders identify balanced and unbalanced forces that affect the movement of objects and Newton's three Laws of Motion. Students also design a contraption utilizing Newton's Laws of Motion that will launch a marshmallow five meters.
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I'm Inclined to See
Students examine motion of a sphere on an inclined plane. In this inclined plane lesson students complete an activity to discover basic relationships.
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Moving Along
High schoolers are introduced to the concept of motion. In groups, they practice calculating the rate, time, and distance of various objects on a variety of surfaces. To end the lesson, they apply the same principles to those objects...
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It's All in the Wrist
Students conduct experiments with balloons, pennies, marbles and cups to help them understand the concept of centrifugal force or Newton's Law of Motion.
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Characterize Points on a Perpendicular Bisector
Learn transformations through constructions! Pupils use perpendicular bisectors to understand the movement of a reflection and rotation. They discover that the perpendicular bisector(s) determine the line of reflection and the center of...
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Circles: A Geometric Perspective
Circles are the foundation of many geometric concepts and extensions - a point that is thoroughly driven home in this extensive unit. Fundamental properties of circles are investigated (including sector area, angle measure, and...
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Reflected Triangles
Your learners find and construct the line of reflection between a triangle's pre-image and its reflection image in this short activity.
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Unit VII Energy: WS 1 Qualitative Analysis - Pie Charts
For each of eight diagrams of objects in motion, physics masters draw pie charts to depict the changes in energy. For each they must identify the energy conditions at each position. This is a unique worksheet, perfect for assessing how...
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Motion in a Circle
Learners explore uniform circular motion, and the relation of its frequency of N revolutions/sec with the peripheral velocity v and with the rotation period T. They examine how uniform circular motion is a type of accelerated motion.
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Motion in a Circle
Students study about deriving centripetal acceleration for motion at constant speed around a circle.
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Sixth graders discuss the effect of gravity on objects. In groups, they participate in different activities in which they observe the effect of motion on objects and how energy is transferred between objects. To end the lesson, they...
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Soda Pop Can Hero Engine
Students view a demonstration on Newton's Laws of Motion using a soda can. In this Newton's law lesson students discuss what they learned from the demonstration.
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Momentum of Line in Art
In this momentum worksheet, learners read about how artists use the term momentum to describe how a viewer's eyes move a long a line. Then students complete 4 short answer questions.
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Particle Motion1
Students analyze piecewise functions. For this precalculus lesson, students identify the position, velocity and distance. They analyze the relationship between the graph, its position and velocity.
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The Ideal Gas
In this ideal gas worksheet, learners read about the conditions necessary for an ideal gas to exist. They also read about the deviations from the ideal gas situation and answer four questions about ideal gases.
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Angular Momentum (Automaticity)
Second graders experience practicing with a wide variety of vocabulary terms that relate to the Vista/Module "Angular Momentum:" momentum, inertia, force; motion, direction, centripetal force; angular momentum, gyroscope, resist. They...