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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Graph Predictions for Position, Velocity and Acceleration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners interactively create predictions of position, velocity, and acceleration graphs using java applets. The applets automatically classify student answers, so instructors can create graphs of student predictions.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Motion With Marbles

For Teachers K - 1st
For this guided inquiry activity, students will use 2 marbles of different size and a box to investigate what makes the marbles move and what will cause the marbles to change speed and direction.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Runaway Train: Investigating Speed With Photo Gates

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students conduct an experiment to determine the relationship between the speed of a wooden toy car at the bottom of an incline and the height at which it is released. They observe how the photogate-based speedometer instrument "clocks"...
Website
The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: K Ps2 2: Motion Design Solution

For Teachers K - 1st
The NSTA vetted source includes resources to teach how to analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull. Included are assessment ideas, videos,...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Speed

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand what speed is and how to calculate it in one dimension motion.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Molecules in Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe, on a molecular level, how heating and cooling affect molecular motion.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Projectile Motion

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are introduced to the concept of projectile motion, of which they are often familiar from life experiences,such as playing sports such as basketball or baseball, even though they may not understand the physics involved. Students...
Lesson Plan
The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: 4 Ps3 1: Motion Energy

For Teachers 4th
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 4-PS3-1: motion energy.
Interactive
University of Colorado

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

For Students 9th - 10th
See how forces affect various items that are pushed or pulled.
Article
Other

Bscs: Forces and Motion Content Background Document

For Teachers K - 1st
In this document, we will try to answer a fundamental question of physical science, "Why do things start to move, slow down, speed up, stop moving or change direction?" In answering these core questions we can develop concepts that can...
Handout
Other

Seafriends Marine Conservation and Education Centre: Oceanography: Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed article on the characteristics of waves and wave behavior. It discusses the influence waves have on the marine environment and the global climate, the physics of wave motion, the interactions between waves and wind, wave...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc:investigating Friction:investigate How the Force of Friction Opposes Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this investigation, students will learn that speed, velocity, and changes in velocity are the result of the action of forces on objects such as friction. They will be able to explain how the force of friction opposes motion by...
eBook
University of California

Ucla: Speed and Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the meaning of velocity in terms of a graphical representation. Calculus-based discussion. Good graphics.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Two Dimensional Motion and Conservation of Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this physics lab students look at conservation of energy to find the horizontal velocity of a sphere in order to predict where it will land.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Speed and Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive module, describe and explain the motion of objects that either move in circles or can be approximated to be moving in circles. Kinematic concepts and motion principles will be applied to the motion of objects in...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Physics: Average Velocity and Average Speed From Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Solve problems where you must find the average velocity or speed by analyzing graphs. Hints and helpful videos are available when needed.
Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Velocity and Relative Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated article helps physics students learn about center of mass and velocity, and define the concept of inertia.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Position, Velocity and Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
This 9-problem quiz/practice helps students understand how position, velocity and acceleration are related.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Acceleration and Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes practice using the acceleration equation to solve for acceleration, time, and initial or final velocity.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Motion of an Object in a Viscous Fluid

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to calculate the Reynolds number for an object moving through a fluid, explain whether the Reynolds number indicates laminar or turbulent flow, and describe the conditions under which an...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Focusing Your Flash for 'Freezing' Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's an interesting flash photography project. With an inexpensive Fresnel lens, you can concentrate the light from your flash. You'll be able to shoot with a smaller aperture and a shorter flash duration. This will give you a greater...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Stadium Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A simulation that uses the classic sports stadium "wave" to learn about concepts important to wave motion and interference.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Atomic and Molecular Explanation of Pressure and Temperature

For Students 10th - 12th
We gain a better understanding of pressure and temperature from the kinetic theory of gases, which assumes that atoms and molecules are in continuous random motion. Learn more about Kinetic Theory with the following detailed resource...
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion:circular Motion Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the values of speed, acceleration, and force, students explore and analyze the motion of objects in circles.

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