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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Thermal Speed Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students learn the factors affecting the RMS velocity for a sample of gas. The student will be able to set the temperature of the environment and the mass of the particles.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: What's Your Speed?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students' will use a motion detector to determine what effect the speed at which a person moves has on the appearance of the distance versus time plot.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: How Incline Affects Speed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students determine how incline affects speed. They will communicate their results graphically.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Introduction to Speed and Velocity: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concepts of speed and velocity and explains what the similarities and differences between them are. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Introduction to Speed and Velocity."
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Instantaneous Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore instantaneous velocity and how to calculate it. They also learn how interpret and create position vs time graphs.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Gas Mixtures and Molecular Speeds

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The following online tutorial helps students use Dalton's Law and mole fraction to calculate the partial pressure of a gas in a mixture. They will learn to calculate...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Wave Speed Calculations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate and analyze characteristics of waves, including velocity, and calculate the relationship between wave speed, frequency, and wavelength.
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Website
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Average vs.instantaneous Speed

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an animation illustrating the distinction between the average speed and the instantaneous speed for any given motion.
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Handout
Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Speed and Velocity

For Students 4th - 8th
Kids learn about speed and velocity in the science of physics and the laws of motion including units and measurement. What is the difference between speed and velocity?
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Speed Review

For Students 9th - 10th
How to calculate average velocity and speed in one-dimension in word problems.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Speed and Velocity Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question quiz over speed and velocity.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Instantaneous Velocity and Speed From Graphs Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the key terms and skills related to analyzing motion graphs, such as finding velocity from position vs. time graphs and displacement from velocity vs. time graphs.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Speed and Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated examples and interactive practice problems, students examine the difference between speed and velocity.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Speed in One Direction: Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice calculating average velocity and speed from word problems when an object moves in one direction.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Speed With Direction Changes: Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice calculating average velocity and speed from word problems when an object changes directions.
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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.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Average Speed From Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice finding average velocity or average speed from a position vs. time graph.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Speed of a Neural Impulse

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage "The Speed of a Neural Impulse" and completed the related five-question quiz.
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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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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measuring Velocity With a Video Camera

For Students 9th - 10th
A video camera records 30 "frames" or distinct images per second. (That's for an NTSC camera in the U.S. PAL cameras in other areas of the world take 25 frames per second.) You can use this fact to time events and measure velocity. One...
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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: 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.
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Activity
Other

Institute of Physics: Practical Physics: Speed Time Graphs to Find an Equation

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated example of a speed-time graph plotted with speed on the vertical axis against time on the horizontal axis.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

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

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For 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...

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