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Sports in Physics: Measuring Velocity in a Mini-Olympics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the difference between speed, velocity and acceleration.  In this velocity lesson plan students read and construct a line graph and a bar graph to show information about velocities of sports activities. 
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Acceleration, Drag, Gravity, Motion, Forces, and Friction

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders build and run mousetrap cars in order to measure distance, time, and mass for their cars. They use these measurements to calculate average speed and kinetic energy, then create a slide show to visually explain how the car...
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Forces and Motion-The Downhill Racer

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners calculate a toy car's velocity and acceleration. In this force and motion lesson, students build ramps and attach a dropper to a toy car, which is released down the ramp. Learners calculate and graph velocity and acceleration...
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Varying Motion

For Students 9th - 12th
For this secondary mathematics learning exercise, high schoolers collect data based on a person’s motion. From this data, learners create graphs comparing displacement, velocity, and acceleration to time. The five-page learning exercise...
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PHET

My Solar System

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Orbit diagrams appear to be a work of mathematical art. The simulation helps scholars build their own systems of planets, stars, moons, etc., to observe their orbits. By altering their positions, velocities, and masses, a variety of...
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Linear Motion Problems

For Students 10th - 12th
In this motion learning exercise, students determine the speed, velocity, or acceleration of various objects under certain conditions. This learning exercise has 7 word problems.
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Linear Motion 5

For Students 9th - 12th
For this linear motion worksheet, students answer 9 questions about velocity, acceleration and position of objects. They solve problems for acceleration and velocity and they interpret graphs of velocity vs. time, acceleration vs. time...
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Linear Motion 4

For Students 9th - 12th
For this linear motion worksheet, students answer 12 questions including finding acceleration of moving objects, calculating distance objects travel and determining the time of travel. Students interpret graphs of position vs. time,...
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Linear Motion in Class Test Review

For Students 10th - 12th
In this linear motion worksheet, students answer 21 questions about acceleration, velocity, position and time. Students interpret graphs of position vs. time, velocity vs. time and acceleration vs. time. They calculate speed of objects,...
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Graph Sketches

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this graphing worksheet, students use velocity vs. time graphs to create speed vs. time and acceleration vs. time graphs. Students create 24 graphs.
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Roller Coaster Physics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students design a roller coaster that allows a marble to run the course as fast as possible. Students create an experimental roller coaster taking into account the steepness of the hills and the sharpness of the turns. Students use a...
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Exterior Ballistics

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore velocity and trajectory. Using exterior ballistics rules, students predetermine the path of an artillery shell. Given equations and the firing angle, students determine the velocity and horizontal travel. Students...
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Up, Up, and Away

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers study the concepts of speed and velocity and complete practice problems. In small groups, students fly airplanes and record time and distance traveled for each flight. They calculate the speed and velocity of their plane...
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CK-12 Foundation

Butterfly Stroke

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Swimmers improve their times by understanding the physics of their sport. As a swimmer moves through the water, the efficiency of motion affects the resulting velocity. Through an interactive simulation, pupils change the level of motion...
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CK-12 Foundation

Model Rocket

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Acceleration, velocity, mass, and gravity all play a role in the motion of a rocket. Young scientists explore the connection among these components using an interactive tutorial. They adjust the mass and thrust force to experiment with...
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Aerospace Engineering

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the physics of rocket flight. They build and launch model rockets to measure their performances.
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Unit III: Worksheet 2 - Motion Maps

For Students 9th - 12th
Make motion maps, draw graphical representations, and determine displacement. These are the activities included in this physics assignment. This is a great review of velocity, position, acceleration, and displacement concepts.
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Linear Motion 6

For Students 9th - 12th
In this linear motion activity, students answer 12 questions about acceleration, velocity and distance traveled. They interpret diagrams and indicate the location of an object if it has positive, negative or no acceleration. They...
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Physics LAB

Net F=ma

For Students 9th - 12th
In this force activity, students use the equation, F=ma to solve 7 problems where the force changes, the mass changes or the acceleration changes. Students explain their answer for each problem.
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Physics LAB

Practice with Simple Harmonic Motion

For Students 9th - 12th
In this simple harmonic motion worksheet, students are given a diagram of a harmonic oscillator and they answer 9 questions about the oscillator's velocity, acceleration, amplitude and they write the functions of each of these measurements.
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Graphing Linear Motion

For Students 9th - 12th
In this graphing linear motion worksheet, students answer 20 questions about velocity of objects, the distance they travel and the time. They interpret a graph of position vs. time and identify the velocity at certain point on the graph.
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Linear Motion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are able to build an understanding of linear motion. They are able to define and calculate the speed and acceleration of various objects. Students are able to differentiate betweeen instantaneous speed and average speed....
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Linear Motion 3

For Students 9th - 12th
In this linear motion activity, students answer 11 questions including finding acceleration of moving objects, finding the distance objects travel and finding the time it takes objects to move a particular distance. Students interpret...
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Motion Crossword Puzzle

For Students 7th - 9th
For this motion worksheet, learners complete a crossword puzzle given 11 clues related to rate, acceleration, force of gravity and velocity. They also complete a puzzle where they unscramble 11 words related to motion to solve for a...

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