Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Force and Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
In this student-paced module, students apply Newton's Laws of Motion to everyday life, calculate mathematical relationships involving force and motion using algebraic formulas, and understand the difference between mass and weight.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Physical Science Careers Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
Take an interactive quiz over physical science careers. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Flex Book Textbooks: Physical Science Concepts for Middle School

For Students 5th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A complete, web-based textbook covering a wide range of middle school concepts in Physical Science.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Combining Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Featurea the definition of combining forces: Pulling down and pushing up, forces acting in opposite directions, forces acting in the same direction.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Newton's Third Law

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Newton's Third Law of Motion - action and reaction forces and why they are not balanced forces.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Motion

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of motion and how it is related to frame of reference.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Projectile Motion

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Projectile motion and combining forces, examples of projectile motion.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Force

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of force, how it relates to motion, and force as a vector.
Website
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.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Physical Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Discovery Channel provides numerous lesson plans dealing with the physical sciences. Content is organized by grade level, but all lesson plans include suggestions for adaptations for older or younger audiences.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Calculating Acceleration From Force and Mass

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to calculate acceleration from force and mass, and force from mass and acceleration.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Newton's Second Law

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Newton's second law of motion and the effects of force and mass on acceleration. Direct and inverse relationships between force, mass and acceleration.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Physics Quizzes: Force, Mass Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
Assess your understanding of force, mass and acceleration and the relationship amongst the three with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Immediate feedback is offered.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Physics?

For Students 9th - 10th
Article attempts to answer the question "what is Physics?" Takes a look at concepts such as force, motion, Newton's Laws, work, energy, and much more.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Motion Glossary and Terms

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about glossary and terms in the science of physics and motion. Definitions for words such as momentum, force, work, energy, gravity, scalar, vector, power, and more.
Professional Doc
University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky: Online Physics for Teachers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A set of four online courses in Physics for elementary and middle school teachers. Each course targets a different topic area - light, electricity & magnetism, temperature & heat, and force, motion, & energy.
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.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Newton's Laws of Motion and Projectiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, online labs, virtual simulations, and video clips, students learn about Newton's Laws of Motion.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Fish Force

For Students K - 1st
Use science inquiry to predict and investigate forces and motion to help rescue Ruff's plushie from the penguins' ice rink in this sports science game.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Projectile Motion: Creating a Catapult

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is for 9th grade physical science students. It begins with an inquiry-based activity using a projectile motion computer simulation. It culminates with students building a catapult; applying and connecting science knowledge...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Motion Pretest

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will take a pretest to assess their knowledge about motion in a physical science class.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Position Time Graphs

For Students 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How motion and speed can be represented by a distance-time graph and how average speed can be calculated from it.
Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: E X B Trajectory Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulate the motion of a charged particle in electric and magnetic fields, and then complete the equations of motion using the Lorentz force law.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Velocity Time Graphs

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to draw a velocity-time graph and what it represents.