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Kepler's Third Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use Kepler's third law to derive the velocity in a circular orbit of any radius, and identify the Earth escape velocity.
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Physical Optics: The Wave Nature of Light

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are introduced to the wave nature of light. In groups, they discuss Young's experiment and how diffraction and interference demonstrate the wave nature of light. Using examples, they show constructive and destructive...
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Scientists and Statesmen in Early America

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore the historic and cultural context of the foundations of the United States of America. They identify the political and scientific contributions of early American scientists.
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Simple Machines/Technology

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the concept of work as the movement of an object through a distance. They define gravity and determine what type of work is caused by gravity. They measure how far an object is moved by a force. They make a...
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In-Line Inertia

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Pupils practice calculating the moment of inertia when discussing a skater and the position in which it is best to spin. After class discussion, students practice calculating inertia on their own.
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Video On Integration And Quiz On Induction

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts of integration and induction. They view a video about integration and take a quiz on induction. Students use the resource links to view information added to the lesson...
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MEASURING THE GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT, G

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study gravitational force an.  In this gravitational force instructional activity students observe a demonstration. 
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Measuring Work

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how work is measured and name the units that are used to measure it.  In this science lesson students create their own story problem. 
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Diamonds of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore: Seven Black Men of Distinction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine writings from Booker T. Washington. They write short essays based on topics given to them and complete a matching activity. They also discuss aspects of Washington's life.
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#22 Frames of Reference: The Basics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of frames of reference in physics.
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Motion in a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study about deriving centripetal acceleration for motion at constant speed around a circle.
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Motion in a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore uniform circular motion, and the relation of its frequency of N revolutions/sec with the peripheral velocity v and with the rotation period T. They examine how uniform circular motion is a type of accelerated motion.
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Frames of Reference: The Basics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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).
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It Won't Budge: Balloon

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use the scientific method to discover why a balloon is not inflated.
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Scientists at Work: What'll they think of next?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars explore scientific discovery while watching a video. They, in groups, are to research a scientific invention and present their findings to the class.
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Learning About the Shape of the Earth

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate ways of telling the shape of the Earth and its position in the Universe both historically and today.

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