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PBS

Pbs Kids: Animations: What Is Friction?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Narrated animation that visually explains how a dogsled uses friction to slow it or stop it. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Static Friction & Normal Forces: Lesson 1

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

Sophia: Introduction to Friction: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept of friction and explains how it interacts with objects. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Introduction to Friction."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Normal Force: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept of normal forces. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Normal Force."
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Force of Friction Keeping the Block Stationary (Correction)

For Students 9th - 10th
Corrects an numerical error in a previous video on how a block of wood is kept stationary by the force of friction.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice W/ Tension Forces: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems involving tension forces. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Practice w/ Tension Forces."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice W/ Tension Forces: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems involving tension forces. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Practice w/ Tension Forces."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Friction & Net Force: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how friction is part of the net force acting on an object. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Friction & Net Force."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Friction & Net Force: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how friction is part of the net force acting on an object. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Friction & Net Force."
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Science of Speed: Tires and Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Tires on a car in a NASCAR race are filled with nitrogen. The force of friction increases tire pressure as the car goes around the track. Using dry nitrogen gas helps with predicting the temperature and pressure of a tire during a race....
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Crash Course

Crash Course Physics #25: Electric Charge

For Students 9th - 10th
Moving on to the unit on the Physics of Electricity, it's time to talk about charge. What is charge? Are there positive and negative charges? What do those things mean? In this video episode, Shini talks about electrostatic forces,...
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National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Science of Speed: Grip

For Students 9th - 10th
Success in auto racing depends on the grip of a car's tires. Grip is the frictional force that holds the tires on the track. Aerodynamic features of a car also improve a car's grip. [5:02]
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Science for Kids

Science Kids: Sports Videos: The Physics of Skiing

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand how force, acceleration, gravity, friction, and wind resistance all relate to the exciting sport of alpine skiing. [4:00]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Tension: Tension in a Accelerating System and Pie in the Face

For Students 9th - 10th
The second part to a complicated problem. We figure out the tension in the wire connecting two masses. Then we figure our how much we need to accelerate a pie for it to safely reach a man's face. [9:28]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Slow Sock on Lubricon Vi

For Students 9th - 10th
What would happen to a slowly moving frozen sock on a frictionless planet?
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Other

Ap Physics Lectures: Inclined Plane Problems (Ramp Problems)

For Students 11th - 12th
Provides instructions on solving physics problems involving inclined planes. [9:39]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Slow Sock on Lubricon Vi

For Students 9th - 10th
The video lesson is from Khan Academy's physics library. This lesson answers the question: What would happen to a slowly moving frozen sock on a frictionless planet.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
This video covers the basics of gravity and the Law of Universal Gravitation. [15:42]
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Bozeman Science

Bozeman Science: Free Body Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
Mr. Andersen shows you how to draw free body diagrams of various objects. The major forces (like gravity, normal, tension, friction, air resistance, etc.) are discussed and then applied to various problems.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Wheel and Axle

For Students 2nd - 8th
Learn about this simple machine, and see how it reduces the effort required to move certain objects through this fun and animated learning module.

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