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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
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
Beautiful Believable Barycenter
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CC BY
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This lesson will help students visualize barycenter and the relationship between the sun and the earth.  Students will use a solar system model to demonstrate barycenter and see the effects of adding other planets into the mix.

Subject:
Earth Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Lesson Plan
Author:
Jeanine Dallimore
Date Added:
02/21/2020
Building Roller Coasters
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Students build their own small-scale model roller coasters using pipe insulation and marbles, and then analyze them using physics principles learned in the associated lesson. They examine conversions between kinetic and potential energy and frictional effects to design roller coasters that are completely driven by gravity. A class competition using different marbles types to represent different passenger loads determines the most innovative and successful roller coasters.

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Scott Liddle
Date Added:
10/14/2015
Building Tetrahedral Kites
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Working in teams of four, students build tetrahedral kites following specific instructions and using specific materials. They use the basic processes of manufacturing systems – cutting, shaping, forming, conditioning, assembling, joining, finishing, and quality control – to manufacture complete tetrahedral kites within a given time frame. Project evaluation takes into account team efficiency and the quality of the finished product.

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Date Added:
09/18/2014
Caine's Arcade PBL
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Using third grade Michigan Science Standards students will learn about force and motion then design, describe, and create an arcade game for others to play.  Since this is a PBL, many ELA content standards are also included.

Subject:
Physical Science
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Michigan Virtual
Author:
Val Capel
Date Added:
06/30/2016
Corn gravitropism versus phototropism
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This video demonstrates how corn seedlings behave in the presence of both gravity and a central light source in an otherwise dark room.

Subject:
Biology
Science
Material Type:
Presentation
Provider:
OER
Author:
Robert P. Hangarter
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Design a Parachute
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After a discussion about what a parachute is and how it works, students create parachutes using different materials that they think will work best. They test their designs, and then contribute to a class discussion (and possible journal writing) to report which paper materials worked best.

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Date Added:
09/18/2014
Don't Crack Humpty
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Student groups are provided with a generic car base on which to design a device/enclosure to protect an egg on or in the car as it rolls down a ramp at increasing slopes. During this in-depth physics/science/technology activity, student teams design, build and test their creations to meet the design challenge, and are expected to perform basic mathematical calculations using collected data, including a summative cost to benefit ratio.

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Justin Riley
Ryan St. Gelais
Scott Beaurivage
Date Added:
09/18/2014
El Mundo de Copocuqu: La Reina Gravedad y el Rey Masa
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This is a children's science story about gravity (title translated: The World of Copocuqu: Queen Gravity and King Mass). Learners will read about the force of gravity and how it relates to the mass of a body. The story takes place in an asteroid in which all its inhabitants talk in the form of questions or the world of Copoqucu. The story ends with a magic secret (or learning capsule), which reflects in synopsis the science message that the child would take with him or her.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
NASA
Provider Set:
NASA Wavelength
Date Added:
07/31/2019
Free Body Diagram (application)
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This online module/tutorial provides examples of free body diagrams: vertically stacked blocks; block, string, and pulley; block, string, and incline; hinged rod; rod and spherical shell.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
Connexions
Author:
Sunil Kumar Singh
Date Added:
02/26/2019
GP-B Educator's Guide
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This 52-page booklet provides an overview of the history, science and technology of this mission, including an introduction to Einstein's theory of curved spacetime. The guide also contains 18 pages of hands-on classroom activities related to gyroscopes, curved spacetime, frame-dragging and other concepts related to the GP-B experiment.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
NASA
Date Added:
05/03/2005
Gravity- What Goes Up Must Come Down!
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In this activity, students play catch with a friend and observe what happens to the ball. Students then click on links to watch short video clips of balls being thrown and dropped. After predicting what will happen, students watch video clips of different sized balls being dropped and compare the dropping rates. Students analyze their observations with provided questions.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Utah Education Network
Author:
Utah Education Network
Date Added:
02/26/2019
The Great Gravity Escape
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Students use water balloons and a length of string to understand how the force of gravity between two objects and the velocity of a spacecraft can balance to form an orbit. They see that when the velocity becomes too great for gravity to hold the spacecraft in orbit, the object escapes the orbit and travels further away from the planet.

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Chris Yakacki
Daria Kotys-Schwartz
Geoffrey Hill
Janet Yowell
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Timothy M. Dittrich
Date Added:
10/14/2015
How to Think About Gravity
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This brief video lesson describes gravity and explains it as a pulling force that draws objects together. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Presentation
Provider:
TED
Author:
Jon Bergmann
Date Added:
02/26/2019
International Space Station LABS: Science Activity 1 Velocity: Launching the ISS into orbit
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This is an activity about orbital mechanics. Learners will investigate how lateral velocity affects the orbit of a spacecraft such as the ISS. Mathematical extensions are provided. This is science activity 1 of 2 found in the ISS L.A.B.S. Educator Resource Guide.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Data Set
Lesson Plan
Provider:
NASA
Provider Set:
NASA Wavelength
Date Added:
07/31/2019
Investigating Friction
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In this lesson, students will work in small groups to experience friction in action as they investigate the movement of toy cars. Students use the scientific process to hypothesize and then test how toy cars travel down ramps using differing variables such as mass and types of materials. They also review and share their results with the class.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Alabama Learning Exchange
Author:
Doris Cureton
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Investigating the Constancy of Gravity: Free-fall Using a Water-Filled Plastic Bottle
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In this physics interactive lecture demonstration, students will observe the constancy of gravity in a variety of different situations. They will predict what will happen if a plastic bottle, filled with water and having a hole near the bottom, is dropped. Will the bottle fall at the same rate as the water inside the bottle?

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
OER
Author:
Nancy Bynum, Minnesota Science Teachers Education Project
Date Added:
02/26/2019