CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Free Body Diagrams
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will understand how to read and create free body diagrams.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Kinetic Energy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the concept of energy as well as the idea of energy in motion, kinetic energy.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 3:3 Investigation 1 Push and Pull
Understand the effect of the forces of push and pull on motion.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Rock a Bye Pendulum
Activity uses scientific process to explore the effects of force on an object in motion.
Utah Education Network
Uen: May the Force Be With You
Third graders will understand that the greater the mass of an object, the greater the force needed to change its motion.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Hammer Time!
Third graders will predict, observe, and compare what happens when a force is applied to an object.
Utah Education Network
Uen: The Larger It Is the Harder It Falls
Understand the concept of force and the effect it has on the motion of objects.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Rollin' On
Activity shows how gravity affects the motion of an object rolling up or down a hill.
Utah Education Network
Uen: May the Best Force Win
The greater the force applied to an object, the greater the change in speed or direction of the object.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 3:4 Investigation 3 Draggin' Me Down
Discover that gravity affects objects that they roll up a ramp.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Physics: Kinematics
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An online chapter focused on motion and the shapes it takes. Topics range from speed and velocity to acceleration and free fall. Find detailed visuals, learning...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Velocity Time Graphs
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Break down graphs illustrating velocity and time to understand motion.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Inertial Frames and Relative Motion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Relative motion is always measured with a frame of reference. Evaluate a variety of frames of reference and inertial frames to understand relative motion.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Projectile Motion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Applying mathematic equations, study how two dimensional acceleration and projectile motion are calculated.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Newton's Second Law
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Break down how the relationship between acceleration and mass directly relates to the mass of an object.
Other
Mattel: Hot Wheels: Speedometry
This resource is part of a two unit curriculum designed for fourth-graders using the 5E Instructional Model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate) to support students as they investigate the effect that height and other...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Catapult Creations
Third graders learn how a catapult works and build their own.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 3:3 Investigation 5 Balloon Rockets
Learn about the relationship between the force applied to an object and the resulting motion.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Aristotle on Motion and Its Place in Nature
Lengthy discussion of Aristotle's theory of motion, its presentation by Aquinas, and its relation to Zeno's paradoxes.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Angry Birds Are Mad About Physics
Learn about catapults and Newton's laws of motion.