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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Effects of Friction on a Moving Block

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students will move a 2 X 4 inch block with a hook attached across different surface areas. Students will discover how the friction created by these surface areas affect the movement of the block. Students will begin the activity by...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sliding and Stuttering

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students use a spring scale to drag an object such as a ceramic coffee cup along a table top or the floor. The spring scale allows them to measure the frictional force that exists between the moving cup and the surface it slides on. By...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hovercraft Racers!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students gain first-hand experience on how friction affects motion. They build a hovercraft using air from a balloon to levitate a craft made from a compact disk (CD), learning that a bed of air under an object significantly reduces the...
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Air Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
Physics lab definition of air fiction. Part of a hypertext physics course on sound.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Friction and Newton's 3rd Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity assesses students' knowledge and understanding of Newton's 3rd Law.
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Other

Amos Web Encyclonomic: Frictional Unemployment

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a definition of the economic term, "frictional unemployment."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Coefficient of Kinetic Friction: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept of the coefficient of kinetic friction. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "The Coefficient of Kinetic Friction."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Kinetic Friction: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept of kinetic friction. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Kinetic Friction."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Kinetic Friction: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept of kinetic friction. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Kinetic Friction."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Kinetic Friction & Speed: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains why kinetic friction does not depend on how quickly an object is sliding across a surface. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Kinetic Friction & Speed."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Kinetic Friction & Speed: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains why kinetic friction does not depend on how quickly an object is sliding across a surface. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Kinetic Friction & Speed."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Kinetic Friction & Surface Area: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains why kinetic friction does not depend on the contact surface area between an object and the surface that object is sliding across. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Kinetic Friction & Surface Area."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Kinetic Friction & Vectors: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains why kinetic friction is not represented using a vector equation. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Kinetic Friction & Vectors."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Kinetic Friction & Vectors: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains why kinetic friction is not represented using a vector equation. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Kinetic Friction & Vectors."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mathematical Interpretation of Kinetic Friction: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson gives a mathematical interpretation of kinetic friction. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Mathematical Interpretation of Kinetic Friction."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mathematical Interpretation of Static Friction: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson gives a mathematical interpretation of static friction. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Mathematical Interpretation of Static Friction."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice W/ Kinetic Friction: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on calculating kinetic friction. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Practice w/ Kinetic Friction."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice W/ Kinetic Friction: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on calculating kinetic friction. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Practice w/ Kinetic Friction."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Static Friction Revisited: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept of static friction and explains how it depends on the surface an object is resting on. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Static Friction Revisited."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Static Friction & Surface Area: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains why static friction does not depend on the contact surface area between an object and the surface that object is resting on. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Static Friction & Surface Area."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Calculating Kinetic Friction: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates how to make calculations using kinetic friction. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Calculating Kinetic Friction."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Common Coefficients of Kinetic Friction: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with the coefficients of kinetic friction for some common surfaces. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Common Coefficients of Kinetic Friction."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Common Coefficients of Static Friction: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with the coefficients of static friction for some common surfaces. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Common Coefficients of Static Friction."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Kinetic Friction & Normal Forces: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains why kinetic friction depends on normal forces. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Kinetic Friction & Normal Forces."

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