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Potential Effects

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars use the Internet to reserch the effects of climate change. Using that information, they relate those effects to specific items in the environment. They discover how climate changes affect their lives now and in the future.
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Motion Capture and Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils capture the serve motion of a tennis player with a digital or video camera. Using transparencies or a software package, analyze the speed, acceleration, displacement and time of the racquet head and ball in the tennis stroke.
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Rock and Roll!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students predict what happen to the rocks. They observe, describe, and record changes in rocks. They apply their learning by describing the forces that break down and wear away rocks.
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Nature of Game Balls

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders see how, when balls are dropped from the same height, mass and size affects the motion of the balls.
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LIGHTNING MYTHS AND FACTS

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students compose lightning safety rules and explore facts and fiction about lightning. They examine the cause of lightning when a channel nears an object on the ground, a powerful surge of electricity from the ground moves upward to the...
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Earth Images BINGO

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners introduced to different views of the Earth. They play BINGO with boards that are made of images of Earth.
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Ramps 1: Let it Roll!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students perform the following activity as a group so that they can gain experience with how ramps work. Students will first construct a simple ramp and then time how fast different objects roll down that ramp.
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Leaves

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore, observe, and collect leaves from outside. They make journal entries, discuss the differences and common features of leaves and what function leaves serve. They will discuss the plant and tree leaves. Students draw...
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In-Line Inertia

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students practice calculating the moment of inertia when discussing a skater and the position in which it is best to spin. After class discussion, students practice calculating inertia on their own.
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The Buoyancy Factor

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine why some objects float in water while others sink and the ability of something to float does not depend entirely on its weight. Archimedes' principle is introduced and buoyant force is discussed. Practice calculations...
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Bouncing Basketballs

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students discover how the coefficient of restitution is applied to sports by measuring the bounciness of a ball. After examining the mathematical equation that applies to coefficient of restitution, students go to the gym, measure the...
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Bungee Barbie

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discover the relationship between force and the amount of time over which the force is applied. They discover the meaning of impulse and it equals the change of momentum. Students connect things to a computer to test their results.
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Astronomy 1 Quiz- Online Interactive

For Students 4th - 5th
In this space science worksheet, students complete 5 multiple choice questions pertaining to the planets and other space bodies. This is an online interactive quiz. Prior knowledge is assumed.
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Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students make observations of a bouncing ball and study how it travels.  For this height lesson students complete a lab activity and describe and explain the motion of the ball. 
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Friction and Inertia

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students study friction and inertia, make predictions, and compare data.  In this investigative instructional activity students view a demonstration on friction, divide into groups, and complete an activity. 
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Where Will It Go?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students predict the path of a ball bouncing off an object. In this physics lesson, students conduct the rolling ball experiment to test their prediction. They perform several trials for accuracy.
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2D Kinematics w/ String Racers

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students calculate the speed of string racers. In this physics lesson plan, students measure the time in several trials and get the average. They graph their results using a spreadsheet.

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