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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Film and Video Editors and Camera Operators

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about careers in audio/visual technology and film, including camera operators.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Views From Windows

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructions that take you through an Einstein-like thought experiment by having you imagine and record what you see when stationary and when moving at the speed of light.
Website
Stanford University

Stanford University: Conventionality of Simultaneity

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Stanford University is on the topic of simultaneity in relativity.
Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Einstein: How Smart Was He?

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay from the NOVA Web site explores the impact Einstein made on physics and most everything we know about the cosmos.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Wave Speed Calculations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate and analyze characteristics of waves, including velocity, and calculate the relationship between wave speed, frequency, and wavelength.
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PBS

Pbs Nova: Relativity and the Cosmos

For Students 9th - 10th
This well-written explanation of relativity includes animations and pictures which may be helpful in understanding a tough topic.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Vibrations

For Students 9th - 10th
To understand the concept and properties of vibrations and periodic motions such as the Simple Harmonic motion.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Thomas Edison

For Students 9th - 10th
A good description of the inventions and life of this bright and ambitious man. As inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, movie camera and many others, Edison lived a very inspiring life. In Spanish.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Kinetic Energy Formula

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what is meant by kinetic energy and demonstrates how to use the formulas for a point mass moving at less than the speed of light, for rotational motion, and for a mass moving at a relativistic speed. Includes interactive...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Fundamentals of Space Time: Part 2

For Students 9th - 10th
In this second installment of a three-part series on space-time, CERN scientists Andrew Pontzen and Tom Whyntie use a space-time diagram to analyze the sometimes confounding motion of light. [4:50]
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Ejs Simultaneity Model

For Students 9th - 10th
A model for examining the simultaneity of two events where the relative velocity and the wave source, either light or sound, can be manipulated.
Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Conservation of Angular Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn the concept of angular momentum of objects in two dimensions and how rotational motion is determined.
Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: The Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about atoms and their properties of motion with this illustrated article.
Lesson Plan
NASA

Nasa: Kepler: A Search for Habitable Planets: Transit Tracks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Classroom lesson for teaching astronomy uses PowerPoint presentations and illustrations of Kepler's light curves used to discover planets.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Emission Spectrum

For Teachers 9th - 10th
We will reintroduce the learners to the electromagnetic spectrum and visible light. We will talk about the states of electrons(ground and excited). The teacher will show a video link (Electrons in Atoms). We will then perform the science...
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Wave Interference

For Students 9th - 10th
Conduct virtual experiments with water, sound, and light waves to determine the sine wave and patterns created in each.
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Edison After Forty

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibition traces Edison's life, both personal and professional after he reached forty. Historic, primary materials are included.
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Other

Einstein Archives Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Online access to portions of Einstein's original papers and manuscripts.
Interactive
Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Apps Zur Physik

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, in German, offers numerous apps that illustrate common physics principles. Apps are organized into categories: mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, physics of...
Website
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Special Relativity

For Students 9th - 10th
A historical approach to special relativity, giving all the events and names in the history of discovery of special relativity. Many links to these individuals.
Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Analysis of Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
This study information helps students apply Newton's third law and understand forces.
Website
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: General Relativity

For Students 9th - 10th
A somewhat labored but thorough explanation of general relativity, beginning with Aristotle. Many links to the personalities connected to the article.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spin a Spiral Galaxy

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity from NOVA Online lets you spin a spiral galaxy, including our own Milky Way. It demonstrates that what you can learn from visible light observations of a galaxy is largely determined by the angle from which you...
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Physics Central

American Physical Society: Physics Central: Discover Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Link to nine major physics topics and dig deeper into the content. Find out about the work of scientists in each field and see example physical science experiments.

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