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Work
Use these slides to review the concepts involved with work. If the students have had practical experience and a basic understanding of physics, then these pages will help outline the basics and reinforce newer applications. There is one...
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Week in Review 3
For this advanced math worksheet, learners calculate work, average value of a function, and integrate various functions with respect to x. There are 16 questions.
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The Hat We Wear
Students explore how they can use their skills to apply to the job industry. In this career choice lesson plan students participate in a discussion and an esteem builder exercise.
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Robotic Muscles
Students investigate how adding more pulleys affect the pulling power. In this physics lesson, students explain how pulleys work. They compare the work done by robots with and without pulleys.
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Word Problems with Exponents
In this Algebra I instructional activity, 9th graders solve work word problems in which the generated equation contains fractional coefficients. The four page instructional activity contains two problems in which students are guided...
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Going to Work Problem
In this work problem, students determine the distance between two points when given the time and rate traveled. This one-page worksheet contains 1 problem. The answer is provided at the bottom of the page.
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Simple Machines, Odd Machines
Students explore simple machines. In this physical science lesson, students identify six simple machines, illustrate each and identify how these machines function or can be combined to create a compound machine.
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Work, Power, and Entropy
Students experience work and power and observe the process of entropy. In this physics lesson plan, students conduct an experiment that shows work (force & distance), power (work/time), and exemplifies the process of entropy.
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What is Work?
Students investigate the connection between work, potential energy, kinetic energy, and heat. In this physics lesson, students use pulleys to produce mechanical advantages and incline planes to demonstrate energy conversion.
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Move It!
Third graders examine simple machines. In this simple machines lesson, 3rd graders observe simple machines at work in a video, then experiment with creating their own simple machines to move objects.
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Where People Work
Students investigate where people work. In this social studies lesson, students use a Landscape Picture to locate places of work. Students discuss how each job is similar and different.
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Measuring Work
Young scholars explore what work is, measure work done in moving an object, and tell how energy is related to work in both machines and the human body. In this measuring work lesson plan, students walk up a flight of stairs, measure the...
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Energy Transfers
For this energy transfer worksheet, students answer 17 questions about energy, kinds of energy and forces that do work. They calculate power of forces and work done on objects.
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Energy, Work, and Power
In this energy worksheet, students review the equations to solve for work and power. Then students complete 10 matching, 14 fill in the blank, and 10 problems to solve.
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Dream Job
Students explore aspects of their dream job. In this career exploration lesson, students are encouraged to either choose an existing job, or create one, and write about it on an accompanying worksheet. Extension activity ideas also...
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Efficiency
In this efficiency worksheet, students use the efficiency equation to solve for useful work done by the machine (output). This worksheet has 10 problems to solve.
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Work
In this work worksheet, students use the equation for work to solve for distance or force. This worksheet has 20 problems to solve.
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Work and Power
In this power worksheet, students use the equations of power and work to complete 4 word problems. Students use the standard units of watts and joules.
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Connection to Social Studies-The Pyramids
In this simple machines worksheet, students read about the pyramids and the simple machines used to build them. They answer three critical thinking questions about the building of the pyramids.
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Work Problems 2
In this work worksheet, students solve ten problems where they find the work in Joules, the force in Newtons or the distance in meters an object is moved.
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"Work"- By Ford Madox Brown
In this work worksheet, students are given a picture of people in a Victorian street doing all different types of work. Students fill in bubbles with what each person may be thinking.
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Jobs and Places of Work
In this ESL activity worksheet, learners interview their classmates as they fill in the graphic organizer with information about where their family members work and what they do.
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Power and Conservation vs. Non-Conservative Forces
In this power worksheet, 12th graders solve four problems including calculating work done by friction, determining work done by gravity and the calculating the minimum horsepower needed to save a ship that is sinking.
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Machines
In this machines learning exercise, students review different types of simple machines including pulleys, wedges, levers, and inclined planes. This learning exercise has 10 matching, 4 multiple choice, and 8 short answer questions.