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Forces Acting on a Spring
Teaching elastic forces in your physics class is a snap with this resource! Scholars compare the stretch of rubber bands with differing width, then measure the stretch of a spring and calculate force. In a whole-class experiment, wire is...
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Springs
Springs are amazing. Here, learners are presented with springs found in various everyday objects. They discuss which springs they think will have the most force, then test their hypothesis. This presentation has the start of a good idea...
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Water Pressure Experiments
Students perform experiments measuring water pressure. They record their observations after poking holes in plastic bottles filled with water with the lids on and then off. They discover the role gravity plays in the water flow.
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Exploring Our Watershed System
High schoolers study watersheds and examine how they are composed. In this watershed system lesson students explain how water enters a watershed and the concept of stream order.
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Strings and Springs
Ninth graders explore physics with springs and strings. In this force and motion lesson plan, 9th graders rotate through four stations exploring how various springs stretch and bounce, and how mass and length affect a pendulum's swing....
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Springs: machines at home
In this springs worksheet, students search for springs that they can find around their house. Students try to find 9 springs around their house.
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Springs 1
In this springs worksheet, students use rubber bands, tape, clamps, and more to make springs and experiment with the weight it takes to stretch the spring. Students follow 7 directions and answer 1 question.
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Springs 2
In this springs worksheet, students use paper clips, rubber bands, weights, and more to make springs. Students follow 6 directions, put answers in a chart, and complete 1 question on their own.
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Magnets and Springs
Students explore magnetic attraction. In this magnets lesson, students participate in an interactive whiteboard activity in which objects are dragged onto a virtual table and categorized as to whether they are "repelled" or "attracted"...
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Magnets and Springs
In this magnetism worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by predicting which of the 7 pictured objects will be attracted to a magnet and which ones will not. They write their own experiment about whether an object will or will...
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Florida's Springs
Students illustrate how water is stored and the water cycle. They discover how underground water can become contaminated.
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Florida's Springs
Students calculate the water usage for irrigation of school grounds. They use maps in determining which areas are irrigated.
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Life Giving Rivers
Students examine the world's rivers in this six lessons unit which mingles science with social studies. The dynamic forces that create erosion in nature are also seen as habitats and ecosystems that are affected by environmental and man...