The Balance
The Balance: How Is Unemployment Controlled?
This article provides a brief, clear explanation of some of the means the government has of controlling unemployment when it climbs above 4%.
University of Oregon
Uo: Cannon Simulator: Experimental Instructions
This virtual experiment is designed to let the student measure the relation between muzzle velocity (which determines projectile energy), gravitational potential and the effects of frictional drag caused by wind speed blowing opposite to...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Com Padre: Science on a Skateboard Applications of Newton's Third Law
In this lesson, learners explore Newton's Third Law of Motion. It involves an activity where they throw a medicine ball while seated on a wheeled cart with minimal friction between the cart and the floor. After completing the experiment,...
Quizlet
Quizlet: 6th Grade Science: Energy Vocabulary: Test
This interactive assessment features 6 matching, 6 multiple-choice, and 5 true/false question over 17 terms related to energy and their definitions. These include the following: Kinetic, Sound, Potential, Elastic potential, Chemical,...
Quizlet
Quizlet: 6th Grade Science: Energy Vocabulary: Match
In this interactive game, students match 17 terms related to energy with their definitions. These include the following: Kinetic, Sound, Potential, Elastic potential, Chemical, Gravitational Potential, Electrical, Light, Energy, Energy...
Quizlet
Quizlet: 6th Grade Science: Energy Vocabulary: Flashcards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on 17 terms related to energy and their definitions. These include the following types of energy: Kinetic, Sound, Potential, Elastic potential, Chemical, Gravitational Potential, Electrical,...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Car Stopping Distance
Students must calculate the time it takes for a car to come to a rapid stop and the distance the car covers when stopping.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Stopping Distant Planet
Students must calculate the stopping distance for a car traveling on a distant planet.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: A Ramp in an Administrative Office
This passage will test your knowledge on forces on inclined planes.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Forces: Pop Bottle Rockets
In this lab, students will work on scientific inquiry skills: observation, developing questions, conducting an experiment, and collecting data. They will investigate forces using pop bottle rockets that they have designed.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Gravity: Predicting Time to Hit the Ground
Young scholars will drop and shoot horizontally "Nerf" balls from a variety of known heights then record the amount of time it takes for the ball to hit the ground for each trial. They will plot height vs. time data and create a trend...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Projectile Motion: Creating a Catapult
This activity is for 9th grade physical science students. It begins with an inquiry-based activity using a projectile motion computer simulation. It culminates with students building a catapult; applying and connecting science knowledge...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Newton's Second: Having a Ball With Motion
Students will create a gravity ball launcher to demonstrate their understanding of mass, force, momentum, and motion. The students will use critical thinking, measurement, and observation and analysis of data to make changes and improve...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Motion: What Causes Objects to Move?
Students will have an opportunity to determine what makes everyday objects move. Students will be given objects and asked to make predictions on how far each object will move after they blow on it. Then they will measure the distance and...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Conservation of Energy of While Rolling Down a Hill
A real-life example of a ball rolling down a ramp to see whether mechanical energy really is conserved when objects roll down hills. Students analyze video clips of children rolling down a driveway on roller blades and various bikes and...
Ohio State University
Ohio State Univ.: Simple Machines & Mechanical Advantage [Pdf]
This site details how simple machines create a mechanical advantage for humans. Levers, theoretical mechanical advantage, actual mechanical advantage, and pulley systems are discussed.
Project Britain
Primary Homework Help: Forces Quiz
First, read some fast facts about forces, then take a ten-question, multiple-choice quiz. Check to see if your answers are correct after each question.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Charles Augustin De Coulomb
Spanish-language site lets students discover the life and work of this physicist and engineer, who is known for his studies of electric charges.
Other
Wikibooks: Physics Study Guide
A handy resource that gives an overview of equations and definitions pertinent to an introductory, college-level physics course, with two of its three sections focusing on motion-related topics and principles.
Other
A Magic Classroom: Nail Balance Puzzle [Pdf]
In this lesson, students try to balance fourteen nails on the head of one nail by outwitting gravity.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Forces and Motion: Acceleration
A video and a short quiz on acceleration.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Masses and Springs
Use this interactive, animated lab to explore conservation of mechanical energy.
Channel 4 Learning
4 L: Science Essentials: Get Physical
Find a review of many aspects of the physical world. Simple explanations of electricity, gravity, and the solar system. Included are materials for teachers to use for enrichment.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: What Are Forces?
This lesson will introduce forces and give an overview of some different types of forces.
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