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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Hi Tech Fabric Charges Devices on the Run

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about an innovative technology in fabric that allows users to generate enough electricity through movement to charge devices such as cell phones. Includes video.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: What Is Force?

For Students 5th - 8th
You have probably heard the word "force" before in conversations. Here are a few examples: "the rocket had a lot of force at blast off" or "the force of the storm blew the roof off the building." What is force? Force is defined as a push...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Unemployment in My Hometown

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, learners interpret data tables from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compare national and local unemployment data.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Further Applications of Newton's: Elasticity: Stress and Strain

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to state Hooke's law; explain Hook's law using graphical representations between deformation and applied force; discuss the three types of deformations: changes in length, sideways shear, and...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 5.2 Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Drag Forces

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define drag force and model it mathematically, discuss the applications of drag force, define terminal velocity, and perform calculations to find terminal velocity.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Nonconservative Forces

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define nonconservative forces and explain how they affect mechanical energy, and to show how the principle of conservation of energy can be applied by treating the conservative forces in...
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eSchool Today

E School Today: All About Forces

For Students 3rd - 8th
Forces are everywhere. Learn what they are, the characteristics of forces, different kinds of forces, and factors that affect them.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Are Inclines?

For Students 9th - 10th
A webpage with equations and examples of how to solve inclined planes problems. Learn how to deal with slopes when surfaces usually aren't perfectly horizontal.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Electrostatics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teacher lesson plan which includes activities pertaining to common methods of charging objects - induction, conduction, and friction.
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Lone Star Junction

Lone Star Junction: Texan Santa Fe Expedition (1841)

For Students 6th - 8th
Describes the ambitious but unsuccessful trade expedition from Texas to Santa Fe in 1841 that was devised by President Lamar. It contributed to the growing friction between Texas and Mexico.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Physical Pendulum Forces

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This simulation of a pendulum will demonstrate how friction and force have to change to keep the mass in the same position on the pivoted rod.
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Other

Fuel Our Future Now: Grade K 2 Module: Vroom! Vroom! What Makes Cars Go? [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this K-2 teaching module, students explore motion, gravity, friction, and energy using objects and model cars. They investigate using hands-on activities with vehicles, as well as online interactives and videos. The culminating event...
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Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Activities: Sound Like a Turkey

For Students 2nd - 5th
An activity where students investigate the sounds created by the friction of fingers moving along a wet string.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: You Are There, First Flight

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about archives and primary sources as they research original historical documents. While preparing an imaginative first-person account as if witnessing an historical event, they learn to appreciate the value of the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Wow! That Captures It!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn how motion capture (mo-cap) technology enables computer animators to create realistic effects. They learn the importance of center of gravity in animation and how to use the concept of center of gravity in writing an...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Spin Me a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In a spin-off to studying about angular momentum, students use basic methods of comparative mythology to consider why spinning and weaving are common motifs in creation myths and folktales. Note: The literacy activities for the Mechanics...
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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Earthquake Machine: Basic One Block & Simple Graph Animated

For Students 9th - 10th
Animation of the single-block "Earthquake Machine" model shows how "Forces, Faults, and Friction" interact. [0:16]
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Work Done by Force (Force on Angle)

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must determine the amount of work that is done by tension and the amount of work done by friction. Then students must find the work that turned into KE.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: Exploding Carts Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore different situations where two side-by-side carts on a low-friction track push away from each other and travel in opposite directions. The goal is to investigate the effects on the relative mass.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: The Cart and the Brick Part A

For Students 9th - 10th
An animation that portrays the collision between a 3.0-kg loaded cart and a 2-kg dropped brick. It will be assumed that there are no net external forces acting upon the two objects involved in the collision. The only net force acting...
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: The Cart and the Brick Part B

For Students 9th - 10th
The animation portrays the collision between a 1.0-kg cart and a 2-kg dropped brick. It will be assumed that there are no net external forces acting upon the two objects involved in the collision. The only net force acting upon the two...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Car on a Turn Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must determine the force of friction on a car on a turn and the maximum speed the car could navigate a turn.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Forces on an Incline Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab was designed to have students look at the factors that might affect the angle at which an object will start to move when it is placed on an inclined plane. The friction coefficient of the surfaces, the strength of the...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Acceleration on Incline Problem Simple

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the acceleration of an object down an incline when their is no friction present. Mass and angle will be generated randomly.

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