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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation: Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a list of 23 questions covering the major concepts of Chapter 6: Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 4.1 Development of Force Concept

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to understand the definition of force.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Development of Force Concept

For Students 9th - 10th
In the following interactive students will begin to understand the definition of force.
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Duke University

Duke University: The Color Force

For Students 9th - 10th
What does color have to do with particle physics? This page explains the concepts of color and the color force, which are fundamental subjects in quantum chromodynamics.
Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Physics and Astronomy: Electric Potential and Charge

For Students 9th - 10th
From The Scots Guide to Electronics web site. The meaning of electric potential is described. A combination of diagrams and words are used to explain this difficult concept without the use of mathematics. Very well done!
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Physics Central

Physics Central: Physics in the Kitchen: The Magical Can Crusher

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will see first hand the force that is created by pressure as a can crushes before their eyes. This demonstration will show students how a can will collapse due to pressure from the air outside pushing against the can's exterior...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Amusement Park Ride: Ups and Downs in Design

For Teachers 7th - 8th
This unit has students design and build foam tubing roller coasters. The design process integrates energy concepts as they test and evaluate their designs that address the task as an engineer would. The goal is for students to understand...
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Other

Puhinui School: The Atoms Family: The Mummy's Tomb: Raceways

For Students 3rd - 8th
Help the Mummy build a rollercoaster to entertain the Atoms Family monsters by investigating the concepts of kinetic and potential energy.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Newton's First and Second Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the concept of inertia and how it applies to Newton's First Law. They also learn about Newton's Second Law and answer both numerical and conceptual...
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Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Dark Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Dark energy, described here, is the ultimate mystery for scientists. It is the force that is causing the expansion of the universe they believe. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Work and Power: Waterwheel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Investigating a waterwheel illustrates to young scholars the physical properties of energy. They learn that the concept of work, force acting over a distance, differs from power, which is defined as force acting over a distance over some...