Curated OER
Keeping Warm: Science Review Game
Test the class on what they know about thermal conduction, insulation, and heat. This interactive game provides 15 questions related to the science of temperature, heat, and cold. Keep your class warm with a fun review game!
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Watch It Slide!
Students use inclined planes as they recreate the difficult task of raising a monolith of rock to build a pyramid. They compare the push and pull of different-sized blocks up an inclined plane, determine the angle of inclination, and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Slide Right on by Using an Inclined Plane
Students explore building a pyramid, learning about the simple machine called an inclined plane. They also learn about another simple machine, the screw, and how it is used as a lifting or fastening device. During a hands-on activity,...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Angles of Inclination and Declination
Explains the terminology for angles of elevation, depression, inclination, and declination. Demonstrates how to 'translate' exercises into triangles and equations.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Forces on Incline Problem Medium
Students must find out force normal on an object on an incline at the angle at which the object is first about to slip.