Curated OER
#22 Frames of Reference: The Basics
Students explore the concept of frames of reference in physics.
Curated OER
Frames of Reference: The Basics
Students learn the concept of frames of reference in physics. They examine how two frames of reference, each moving with respect to the other with a constant velocity v (constant speed, constant direction).
Curated OER
What Floats Your Boat?
Students discover the Archimedes principle through a buoyancy experiment. They measure the water displacement of a lump a clay which is denser than water then reshape the clay into a bowl which floats but displaces more water.
Curated OER
Intellectual History
In this online interactive world history worksheet, students answer 22 matching questions regarding the Enlightenment. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Dimensional Analysis Problem Set
Students, after studying various pages of a NASA Web-based textbook, use dimensional analysis to verify actual aeronautic equations.
Curated OER
Where Will It Go?
Learners predict the path of a ball bouncing off an object. In this physics lesson, students conduct the rolling ball experiment to test their prediction. They perform several trials for accuracy.
Curated OER
It Won't Budge: Balloon
Eighth graders use the scientific method to discover why a balloon is not inflated.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Force and Newton's Laws: Problems and Exercises
This page offers 57 problems/exercises based on the content of Chapter 4: Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws from the AP Physics online text.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Force and Newton's Laws: Section Summary
This page summarizes each section of Chapter 4: Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion in the AP Physics online text. These include Newton's three laws of motion and application of those and other forces.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Force and Newton's Laws: Conceptual Questions
This page offers 27 questions to test students' knowledge of the major concepts in each section of Chapter 4: Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion from the AP Physics online text.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Glossary for Forces and Newton's Laws
This is a glossary of terms and definitions used in Chapter 4: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion from the AP Physics online text.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Double Trouble
Through the use of free-body diagrams and Newton's laws, students analyze the motion of two objects together.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Static Electricity: Newton's Laws and Electrical Force
How do Newton's Laws connect with electrical forces? This overview illustrates how they blend together. After studying this explanation, test understanding with the review questions provided.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Motion and Forces in Two Dimensions: What Is a Projectile
Students apply both kinematic principles and Newton's laws of motion to understand and explain the motion of objects moving in two dimensions, more specifically, the motion of projectiles.
University of New South Wales (Australia)
University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips: Newton's Laws
Physiclips thoroughly presents Newton's laws with animations and film clips.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What Are Newton's Laws?
Through a series of three lessons and one activity, students are introduced to inertia, forces, and Newton's three laws of motion.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Further Applications of Newton's Laws of Motion
In the following interactive students will begin to apply problem-solving techniques to solve for quantities in more complex systems of forces. They will also integrate concepts from kinematics to solve problems using Newton's laws of...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: 4.3 Newton's Second Law of Motion: Concept of a System
By the end of this section, you will be able to define net force, external force, and system; understand Newton's second law of motion; and apply Newton's second law to determine the weight of an object.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws
A four-lesson e-textbook covering topics in Newton's Laws. Tutorials include informational text,animations, interactive activities, and quick, interactive comprehension checks throughout the lessons.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Newton's Laws of Motion and Projectiles
Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, online labs, virtual simulations, and video clips, students learn about Newton's Laws of Motion.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Problem Solving Strategies for Newton's Laws of Motion
By the end of this section, you will be able to apply a problem-solving procedure to solve problems using Newton's laws of motion.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: 4.7 Further Applications of Newton's Laws of Motion
By the end of this section, you will be able to apply problem-solving techniques to solve for quantities in more complex systems of forces and to integrate concepts from kinematics to solve problems using Newton's laws of motion.
NASA
Glenn Research Center: Newton's Laws of Motion
NASA presents a concise explanation of Newton's three laws of motion. Click on the highlighted vocabulary to find more detailed and illustrated descriptions. Included is a link to a movie that shows how the laws of motion described the...
NASA
Nasa: Rockets Educator Guide: Applying Newton's Laws
Learn how Newton's Laws apply to rocketry. Discover how rockets work, including the engines and propellants.