Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Famous Inventors Thomas Edison

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short biographical piece shares information about Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, light bulb, motion picture camera, and more. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Energy: Machines, Motion and Light: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present how light and motion energy can be used to power machines. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Energy: Machines, Motion and Light."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Energy: Machines, Motion and Light: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present how light and motion energy can be used to power machines. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Energy: Machines, Motion and Light."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Energy: Machines, Motion and Light: Lesson 2

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson will present how light and motion energy can be used to power machines. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Energy: Machines, Motion and Light."
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.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Zoom Printables & Activities

For Students 3rd - 8th
Fantastic variety of printable activities that cover motion-related principles. Topics include the following: experiments (engineering, structures, forces and energy, fluids, sound and light, patterns, human body); arts & crafts;...
Interactive
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Simultaneity Spacetime Diagram

For Students 9th - 10th
Manipulate variables in order to observe the effects of relative motion on events such as an explosion and the time at which its light signal reaches a destination.
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.
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Snacks

For Students 5th - 9th
Exploratorium's snacks aren't edible, but they are good! Use your science skills to discover gravity, learn about biology, do fun experiments.
Interactive
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Ejs Simultaneity Model

For Students 9th - 10th
A model for examining the simultaneity of two events where the relative velocity and the wave source, either light or sound, can be manipulated.
Lesson Plan
NASA

Nasa: Kepler: A Search for Habitable Planets: Transit Tracks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Classroom lesson for teaching astronomy uses PowerPoint presentations and illustrations of Kepler's light curves used to discover planets.
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Other

Einstein Archives Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Online access to portions of Einstein's original papers and manuscripts.