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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Frictional Force Experiment

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson about friction can be found on this website. Students will experiment to see how motion and frictional force affect the game of football.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Frictional Forces

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students' will use a Dual range force sensor to measure the force required to pull a block across different surfaces. They will examine the results to see when more force is needed to move the block and understand the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Friction Force

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use LEGO MINDSTORMS robotics to help conceptualize and understand the force of friction. Specifically, they observe how different surfaces in contact result in different frictional forces. A LEGO robot is constructed to pull a...
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Forces and Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Newton's Law With Friction (Force on Angle)

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the acceleration of an object being pulled along a horizontal surface by a force on an angle. The surface has friction.
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Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Thinking Fountain: Friction

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Thinking Fountain provides this simple experiment for understanding friction and it relationship to energy.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Cornell Center for Materials Research: Friction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of experiments where students can learn about how friction works and affects the physical world. At the end, students design a tortoise to win by slowing it down using friction. Lesson includes explanation of the concept of...
Unit Plan
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...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about various forces and how they relate to everyday life in this interactive learning module.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Friction Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the key concepts, equations, and skills for friction, including how to find the direction and magnitude of the friction force.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Forces and Motion: Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the forces at work when pulling against a cart, and pushing a refrigerator, crate, or person. Create an applied force and see how it makes objects move. Change friction and see how it affects the motion of objects.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Work Done by Force With Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must determine the work done by a horizontal force when there is a frictional force acting on the box. Students must then find the speed of the box.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Force of Friction

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In the first of two lessons of this curricular unit, students are introduced to the concept of friction as a force that impedes motion when two surfaces are in contact. Student teams use spring scales to drag objects, such as a ceramic...
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Mechanics Problems: Force Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Minnesota site provides a series of contextually rich, real-world problems demonstrating force and Newton's second law of motion.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Force Coefficients

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand the effects of magnitude of force pairs between objects. Know the differences between kinetic and static friction.
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BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Physical Processes: Friction

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use your knowledge about friction to help Carrie get to the Invigatron before someone steals it. Following the activity, read more about friction and resistance, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
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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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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Finding Individual Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world of finding individual forces. "The process of determining the value of the individual forces acting upon an object involve [sic] an application of Newton's Second law and an application of the meaning of the net force."
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newtons Laws: Atwoods Machine Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Create an Atwood's machine and a modified Atwood's machine in this interactive. Change the amount of mass on either object, introduce friction forces, and measure distance and time in order to calculate the acceleration.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Static Friction & Normal Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick presentation reviewing why static friction depends on normal forces.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Friction: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the concept of friction and explain how it can affect forces. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Friction."
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Friction?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the force of friction on this reference page which defines why friction is important and how it can change physic problems.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Reporters: Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
Step into Dirtmeister's Science Lab and become a Science Snooper! Work side by side with him as he sets out to answer the challenge question: "How does the force of friction affect us in our daily lives?"
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Coefficient of Kinetic Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
This slide show presentation introduces the idea of the coefficient of kinetic friction.

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