Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Forces at Work

For Students 2nd - 4th
This tutorial is to introduce students to the concept of forces. Tutorial includes activities, content and teacher notes.
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Visualizing Forces on an Incline

For Students 9th - 10th
This program gives students a visual representation of the forces on a block that is on an inclined plane. The students can watch how force gravity, force normal, and force friction change as the angle of the plane changes. Students can...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Gravity

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip the card, and learn about gravity.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Buoyant Force Does Not Get Smaller as You Sink

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains the buoyant force using a submarine as an example. It also discusses what determines the size of the buoyant force using a formula, and explains decompression sickness better known as the bends.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Earth Science: Gravity

For Students 4th - 6th
Do you know how gravity affects you? This module defines gravity and explains how gravity affects the motion of objects.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: The Force of Gravity

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders will observe and analyze the forces of gravity.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Indian Ocean: What Kind of Natural Forces Do We Recognize?

For Students K - 1st
Learn about forces (push or pull), gravity, and friction in this module by training dolphins.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Universal Law of Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using Newton's Law of Gravity and the equations of uniform circular motion, students solve problems involving the force of gravity.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Gravitational Force

For Students 9th - 10th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides flexible alternate or additional learning activities for students learning about the gravitational attraction between objects of different masses at...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Force and Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
In this student-paced module, students apply Newton's Laws of Motion to everyday life, calculate mathematical relationships involving force and motion using algebraic formulas, and understand the difference between mass and weight.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Our Solar System: Gravity & Inertia

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of gravity and inertia, and how they work together to keep objects from floating off into space.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Pirates: What Are Some Forces Around Us?

For Students 4th - 6th
Covers the meanings of force, friction, and gravity, and the differences between magnetic and elastic spring force, and between weight and mass. The effect of air resistance on an object's motion is also touched upon.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Gravity: Head for the Hills

For Students 3rd - 6th
Using this interactive resource will involve making predictions about the effects of gravity in different conditions.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mobile Forces

For Teachers 5th - 8th
The application of engineering principles is explored in the creation of mobiles. As students create their own mobiles, they take into consideration the forces of gravity and convection air currents. They learn how an understanding of...
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Centripetal Force

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia's site on centripetal force provides a section explaining the difference between centripetal force and centrifugal force. Includes formulas and hyperlinked terms.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Applying Gravity to a Particle

For Students 9th - 10th
Next, let's apply all these ideas to the case where a particle is being acted on by both gravity and air resistance using this 5-question quiz/practice. The gravity force vector points downward, and the air resistance force opposes it.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Gravity More Than a Name

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial is intended for students to strengthen their understanding of gravitation and understand the nature of this force.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Modeling Gravity and Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
Application of Newton's Law of force and gravity to computer graphic programming.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Gravity and the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Our bodies function necessarily under the presence of gravity; how blood pumps, a sense of balance and bone growth are all due to life in a world where gravity is an inescapable reality. Armed with experiments from neuroscientists David...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Gravity in the Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand the role of gravity in space.
Handout
NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: What Is Gravity Really?

For Students 9th - 10th
What is known about gravity? Find out Einstein's thoughts on gravity in a brief overview of this mysterious force.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of gravity and how it relates to weight. Includes a video. [3:54]
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 4.5 Normal, Tension, and Other Examples of Force

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define normal and tension forces, apply Newton's laws of motion to solve problems involving a variety of forces, and use trigonometric identities to resolve weight into components.
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Project Britain

Primary Homework Help: Forces Quiz

For Students 5th - 8th
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.

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