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Activity 3 - Jump Rope Generator
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In this hands-on activity, the generator effect will be demonstrated, due to electromagnetic induction when a conductor (extension cord) moves through a magnetic field (in this case, the Earth's magnetic field). Students will note changes in galvanometer readings.

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Multiverse, University of California Berkeley
Author:
Dr. Sten Odenwald, Dr. Laura Peticolas, Dr. Nahide Craig, Terry Parent, Cris DeWolf
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Activity: Sum It Up: An Introduction to Static Equilibrium
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In this activity, students are introduced to static equilibrium by learning how forces and torques are balanced in a well-designed engineering structure. A tower crane is presented as a simplified two-dimensional case. Using Popsicle sticks and hot glue, student teams design, build and test a simple tower crane model according to these principles, ending with a team competition.

Subject:
Physics
STEM
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Stefan Berkower, Nicholas Hanson, Alison Pienciak
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Agony of Defeat
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This video clip is meant to serve as a writing or discussion prompt during a unit on forces and motion. This can be used at varied grade levels, with the expectation that student responses would be more complex in higher grade levels.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Physical Science
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Presentation
Provider:
OER
Author:
WLVT PBS 39
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Airplane on a String - Student Activity
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In this activity, students will analyze a video featuring an airplane on a string. The tension in the string can be read from an on-screen scale, timing measurements can be made from the frame-counter, and the angle of the string can be determined from an overlaid protractor. While this doesn't seem like enough information, it's actually enough to allow students to calculate the angular and linear velocity of the plane, the mass of the plane, the radius of its circular path, and the length of the string. It is an engaging problem that forces students to think clearly about some concepts that they frequently find confusing, like tension, circular motion, and centripetal acceleration.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Author:
Matt Vonk
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Amusement Park Physics
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This is a PBL project that had students design and present to a panel of local experts a set of possible rides for a proposed amusement park as a way for them to master and apply the concepts of rotational motion. It was specifically designed to help students increase their depth of knowledge of angular kinematics, force, energy, and momentum. The project required students to design and then describe in detail one or more amusement park rides that would be the basis of authentically demonstrating their depth of knowledge for these topics. Note that the project was designed and delivered per the North Carolina honors Physics curriculum and it can be customized to meet your own specific curriculum needs and resources.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Date Added:
12/09/2019
Analyzing Forces and Motion Graphs by Riding an Elevator
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In this activity, students will collect data using a Force Plate and accelerometer and then download the data to the computer for further analysis. They will be asked to draw Free Body Diagrams at different points in the motion, calculate forces and compare this to the data retrieved from their computer graphs.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Author:
Kim Hoehne
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Analyzing Motion in Physics
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This is a PBL lesson where students explore the Physics behind motion of objects. Students will collaborate and come up with a video showing the difference between distance and displacement, speed and velocity and acceleration. In this remix, students are given options and choices that relate to their interest.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Date Added:
06/28/2020
Analyzing Motion in Physics
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This is a PBL lesson where students explore the Physics behind motion of objects. Students will collaborate and come up with a video showing the difference between distance and displacement, speed and velocity and acceleration.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Date Added:
10/22/2019
Analyzing the Motion of a Marble Down a Ramp
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In this lab activity, students roll a marble down a ramp in order to investigate constant acceleration motion. The students collect data and then make a position vs. time graph and a velocity vs. time graph in order to investigate the change in motion.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Author:
Gavin Johnson
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Are You Picking Up What I'm Putting Down?
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How are magnetism and electricity related? In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between magnetism and electricity, learn how to construct an electromagnet, and discover everyday uses of electromagnets. Students will create a multimedia presentation in which they will demonstrate their knowledge of electromagnetism.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Physical Science
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Alabama Learning Exchange
Author:
Bonnie Beard
Date Added:
02/26/2019
At the Speed of Bowling
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In this lab activity, students will measure the energy of a bowling ball with Vernier motion detectors. The students will calculate the energy of the ball at the beginning, mid point, and end of a bowling alley. Students will inquire about the relationships of speed, mass, and energy, acceleration, and transfer of energy. To close out the activity students will create a lab conclusion using the data collected from observations and information collected from the motion detectors.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Author:
Derek Parendo
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Ballistics cart
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The simulation shows a ballistics cart. If the cart is at rest on a horizontal surface, it will shoot a ball straight up in the air, and catch the ball again. What if, as in this simulation, the cart is traveling at a constant velocity horizontally, instead? Will the ball land ahead of the cart, in the cart, or behind the cart? Note that the cart fires the ball straight up, with respect to the cart, when the middle of the cart passes the small vertical trigger on the track.
Use the buttons to select the different modes (whether there is a tunnel or not, and whether to show the velocity vectors).

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Simulation
Provider:
Boston University
Author:
Andrew Duffy
Date Added:
06/03/2019
Basic Physics Second Edition (Student Edition)
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CK-12 Basic Physics - Second Edition updates CK-12 Basic Physics and is intended to be used as one small part of a multifaceted strategy to teach physics conceptually and mathematically.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Textbook
Provider:
CK-12 Foundation
Provider Set:
CK-12 FlexBook
Author:
Dann, James
Date Added:
03/20/2010
Butting Heads
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8th grade student will apply Newton’s Laws to design, test and evaluate materials to create the most protective helmet for an activity of their choice. Students will use force sensors and Vernier software to analyze the force reduction for their helmets. The culmination of this project is for students to write and present a sales pitch to promote their helmet to their peers at an annual "conference."

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Lane County STEM Hub
Provider Set:
Content in Context SuperLessons
Author:
Erik Wright
Johannah Withrow-Robinson
Zach Adler
Date Added:
07/31/2019
CK-12 Physical Science Concepts for Middle School
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CK-12 Physical Science Concepts covers the study of physical science for middle school students. The 5 chapters provide an introduction to physical science, matter, states of matter, chemical interactions and bonds, chemical reactions, motion and forces, and the types and characteristics of energy.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
CK-12 Foundation
Provider Set:
CK-12 FlexBook
Author:
Jean Brainard, Ph.D.
Date Added:
11/01/2012
Calculating Kinetics of a Student Designed Machine
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In this interactive building experience, students will design and construct a complex machine to do a fairly simple task. Students will calculate several kinetic quantities of different parts of their machine. Students will create an engineering manual that provides a step-by-step method of building the machine and also calculates costs associated with the machine's production. Students will brainstorm ideas to increase the effectiveness of their machine while decreasing the costs of its production.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Author:
Robert Dahlin
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Calculating the Speed of Sound
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In this lab activity, students will calculate the speed of sound. The will observe that the speed of sound is constant, regardless of wavelength and frequency, and see the inverse relationship between wavelength and frequency.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Author:
Nicholas Brouwer
Date Added:
02/26/2019