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Curated OER

Kids Health: What Being Overweight Means?

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource provides information about obesity, and the importance of weight control.
Website
NASA

Nasa: Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes exhaustive information and a wealth of activities pertaining to aerodynamics and the physics of flight.
Interactive
Visual Fractions

Visual Fractions: Platform Scale Addition

For Students 3rd - 8th
Weigh five little creatures on a metric scale, and add to find their total mass to the hundredths place as each one joins the group. A timer calculates your speed of computation.
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Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
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Other

Particle Adventure Dutch Version

For Students 9th - 10th
Dutch version of the well-known "Particle Adventure" physics website that teaches students about atoms, mass, particle physics, and quantum physics. The site discusses theories related to physics and provides other links related to the...
Interactive
Chateau Meddybemps

Chateau Meddybemps: Teeter Totter Experiments

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Practice comparing mass by trying the Teeter Totter Experiment. Watch the teeter totter move up and down as you compare Marcus to each animal.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Perching Parrot

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the concepts of center of mass and static equilibrium by seeing how non-symmetrical objects balance. Using a paper cut-out shape of a parrot sitting on a wire coat hanger, they learn that their parrot exists in stable...
Activity
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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The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: 5 Ps1 2: Conservation of Matter

For Teachers 4th - 5th
On this site, find a variety of materials to help students understand the conservation of matter. Create lessons that allow students to measure and graph quantities that could show even if matter is heated, cooled or combined with other...
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Scholastic

Scholastic News: Week of 4 1 13: Is the Kilogram Gaining Weight?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A metal cylinder used for setting the international standard of the kilogram has been slowly gaining mass over the years. This article describes the impact of that mass gain and what scientists are doing to shrink it back to size.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Measurement: Conversions of Measurements in Metric Units

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert metric units of length, mass, or capacity by multiplying by powers of ten.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Pendulum Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Manipulate the mass of a weight and the length of string in this interactive pendulum simulation. Change the speed, friction, and gravity to make the pendulum swing change as measurements are displayed on the screen. Younger students can...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: The Center of Mass

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This site from the Illinois Institute of Technology provides a lab activity in which students determine the location of the center of mass of an irregularly shaped object. Observations are related to the balancing point of the object....
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Gravity

For Students K - 1st
Peruse this resource to learn about gravity, its importance, the Universal Law of Gravitation, the difference between mass and weight, and more fun facts.
Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Stoichiometry

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a great overview of stoichiometry, the part of chemistry that studies amounts of substances that are involved in reactions. Content focuses on what you measure, and includes two examples.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Accelerometer: Centripetal Acceleration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work as physicists to understand centripetal acceleration concepts. They also learn about a good robot design and the accelerometer sensor. They also learn about the relationship between centripetal acceleration and centripetal...
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Mixed Reception

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Participate in the investigation of a virtual crime scene using chemistry concepts to solve a mysterious death. The 40-50 minute activity can be used as a classroom lab or as a homework assignment. Additionally, teachers may request a...
Unit Plan
Anatomical Travelogue

Thevisual md.com: Obesity

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the many disorders associated with obesity, and learn how this epidemic affects us in today's society.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Applying Hooke's Law to Cancer Detection

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore Hooke's law while working in small groups at their lab benches. They collect displacement data for springs with unknown spring constants, k, by adding various masses of known weight. After exploring Hooke's law and...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 4.3 Newton's Second Law of Motion: Concept of a System

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define net force, external force, and system; understand Newton's second law of motion; and apply Newton's second law to determine the weight of an object.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Subtracting Compound Units (Metric Units)

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students must subtract mixed metric units of weight. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [0:53] and a set of practice questions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: The International System of Units

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will begin to identify the seven base units of the International System of Units. They will understand the commonly used metric...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Newton's three laws are deceptively simple, but they are the underpinning of all of physics and govern the mechanics all of your actions in everyday life. Take an in-depth look at these laws in this learning module.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides an interesting and easy-to-use dictionary of the history and meaning of many measurement terms. Metric, International, and...

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