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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Activities and Videos: Force/energy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Videos that accompany activities that are hands-on challenges that focus on the engineering design process. They use simple materials, allow for multiple solutions, and are ideal for ages 9-12.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Science: Energy, Electricity and Forces: Unbalanced Forces

For Students 3rd - 6th
Explains abut unequal forces acting on an object and what would be observed. Also explains what the resultant force is and how it is calculated.
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: All About Forces

For Students 3rd - 8th
Forces are everywhere. Learn what they are, the characteristics of forces, different kinds of forces, and factors that affect them.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Structures Around the World

For Students 3rd - 8th
How does that bridge stay up? What are the forces acting on that column? This site helps students understand how structures can be built by having them build their own. Also provides images of real structures for kids to compare with...
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Alexandrian Lighthouse: What Is a Force?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Learn to identify when a force is being exerted, the different types of forces, and the size and direction of a force.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Effects of Force

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explore the effects of forces around us in the world.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Pizza Restaurant: What Are the Effects of Forces?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Join Tony as he discovers the effects of forces on all sorts of pizzeria objects.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: May the Forces of Push and Pull Be With You!

For Teachers K - 1st
Read, brainstorm, drag objects, erase to reveal answers, and move weights on a balance scale to learn about forces, mass, gravity, weight, and balance in this activity created by SMART.
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Interactive
BBC

Bbc Schools: Revisewise Science: Forces

For Students 1st - 5th
Use this site to review information about forces, concentrating on balanced and unbalanced forces. The information is provided in an interactive activity. There is also a factsheet presenting information on balanced and unbalanced...