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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Gravitational Force & Newton's Second Law of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how gravitational force is related to free fall, acceleration due to gravity, and Newton's second law of motion.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Newton's Second Law of Motion & Free Fall: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how Newton's second law of motion can be used to understand free fall. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Newton's Second Law of Motion & Free Fall."
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Lesson Plan
Google

Google for Education: Modeling Pendulums Using Computational Thinking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this demonstration, pupils learn how to use computational thinking to discover the laws which govern a pendulum's swing.
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eBook
NASA

Nasa: The Way Things Fall

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA compares free falling motion to falling with air resistance. Discusses Galileo's experiment. Explains why we believe all objects free fall with the same acceleration.
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Amusement Park Physics: The Principles of Free Fall

For Students 9th - 10th
An article describing free fall principles in roller coaster rides. In addition to the explanation of free fall, an experiment is described that allows you to test free fall with a cup of water. Part of a larger presentation on roller...
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Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Introduction to Free Fall

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson on free fall covers the fact that free-falling objects do not encounter air resistance and all free-falling objects (on Earth) accelerate downwards at a rate of approximately 10 m/s/s (to be exact, 9.8 m/s/s).
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Website
University of Maryland

University of Marylad: Computer Tutorials in Physics: Air Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a discussion of a college physics project in which the motion of an object under the influence of air resistance was modeled and studied. Procedure and modeling software are described and the results and the findings are...