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Sediment Study

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study sediment and the factors that effect its distribution.  In this sediment study lesson students complete a lab activity on sediment distribution. 
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Pitot Tube Problem Set

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a NASA Web-based text and use its information to complete an activity which uses a pitot tube to calculate the speed of an airplane.
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Particle Motion1

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Learners analyze piecewise functions. In this precalculus instructional activity, students identify the position, velocity and distance. They analyze the relationship between the graph, its position and velocity.
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The Way Things Fall

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students see that light and heavy objects fall at the same rate, as established experimentally by Galileo. They see that falling objects, and balls rolling down an incline, tend to accelerate at a constant rate a. Their velocity...
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Secondary Robot

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the forces acting on a stationary/constant velocity robot. For this physics lesson, students draw a free body diagrams of the forces. They explain the difference between zero acceleration and zero net force.
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Kepler's 3rd Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students derive the velocity in a circular orbit of any radius. They derive the Earth escape velocity and prove Kepler's 3rd law for circular orbits # A simple formula for the orbital period in a circular Earth orbit of given radius.
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Momentum And Colliding Spheres

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explain that mass times velocity equals momentum. They investigate the impacts of collisions and their results and determine the vector of an incident.
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The Drag of Drag

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are told that any object moving through a fluid (air, water, molasses, etc) experience a drag force which oppose the motion. They are given the summarized version of drag which is proportional to the square of the velocity....
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Cannonball

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars calculate the speed, motion and distance of a projectile. In this geometry lesson, students obtain measurements while calculating velocity. They graph their results and make predictions.
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Lesson 6: Resonance

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students participate in a lab activity using three tuning forks of different frequencies and a Resonance Tube Set purchased from Sargent-Welch to take measurements of resonant lengths of the tuning fork frequencies. Students then try to...
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Waves Through Earth: Interactive Online Mac and PC

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a JAVA activity to vary the seismic P and S wave velocity through each of four concentric regions of Earth. They match "data" for travel times vs. angular distance around Earth's surface from the source to detector.
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Projectile Motion Lab

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this physics worksheet, students model the position, velocity and acceleration using mathematical formulas and a computer program. Then they interpret the parameters in each of the models. Students also complete the experiment and...
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Bouncing Ball Experiment

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students collect data for a bouncing ball and select one bounce to analyze. They explore the relationship between velocity, position and acceleration. They seek out connections between the graphs and the physical motion of the ball.
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Questions Module 8

For Students 6th - 8th
For this science worksheet, students find the answers to significant questions about speed and velocity while looking for meaning with the help of others in class or online from a homework buddy.
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Distance Problems

For Students 11th - 12th
In this distance instructional activity, students determine the distance and displacement of a person who walked 40 m east and 100 m south. Then they determine the resultant velocity of a motorboat that heads due west at 10 m/s with a...
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Math 155 - Worksheet 5. Derivative

For Students Higher Ed
In this derivative worksheet, students find the derivative of given functions and find the equation of a tangent line to a curve. They differentiate functions and work velocity and acceleration functions. This two-page worksheet...
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The UPS Experiment

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students calculate the speed using metric measurements. In this geometry activity, students calculate speed, distance and velocity using metric measurements. They gain inquiry and problem solving skills in this assignment.
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Parachutes

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine how parachutes work, and research and discuss the first man to envision and sketch the first parachute. They analyze air resistance, drag force, drop time, and terminal velocity.
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The Distance Between Us and Them: Sea Floor Spreading in the Atlantic Ocean

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils examine how geologists determine rates of sea floor spreading between two tectonic plates. They apply mathematical concepts such as the calculation and use of velocities and conversion from one set of units to another.
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How Far...How Powerful

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the concept of gamma ray bursts. They examine basic physics concepts about light, measure the shifts of spectral lines, and utilize Hubble's Law to deduce the velocity of an astronomical object.
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Breaking Energy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers understand that the energy required to break a piece of wood can be computed by determining the force and distance (work) that snaps it. Kinetic energy is the system can be computed if its mass and velocity are known.
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Science Questions Module 5

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students find the answers to significant questions about speed and velocity while looking for meaning with the help of others in class or online from a homework buddy.
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Motion on an Inclined Plane

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this physics worksheet, students model the acceleration, velocity, and position of a cart moving up an inclined plane. They take data and determine a pattern in the data. Students also describe their findings and create an illustration.
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Marbles and Momentum

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the law of conservation of momentum. In this physics lesson, students play marbles in order to compare the mass of the marble and velocities effects. Students receive directions of the marbles game and collect data while...

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