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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measurement and Paper Airplanes

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate physics by creating paper airplanes. In this flight experiment lesson, 6th graders utilize stationary tools to create elaborate paper airplanes which they fly on their school grounds.  Students complete...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

PRIMARY Activity: Racing Jars

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners explore how mass affects speed in this hands-on physics experiment. For this mass and speed lesson, students fill a baby food jar with water and leave a second jar empty. They roll the 2 jars down a ramp to observe which jar...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Objects Race 500

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the concept of "shape affects speed" through a series of experiments. In this physics lesson, students participate in an experiment in which various objects are released on an inclined plane. Speed and distance are...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Momentum

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the concept of "transfer of momentum". In this physics lesson, students observe the results of two objects or people as they make contact in different ways. Students on roller blades and model cars of different weights...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Radioactive Decay:half Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An experiment that will help students in determining the half-life of a radioactive element.
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Activity
Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Primer Ciclo Eso

For Students 6th - 8th
These are 10 different Physics and Chemistry experiments. Each one contains an interactive activity and an evaluation.
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Activity
Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (Spain)

Elmol: Segundo Ciclo Eso

For Students 9th - 10th
These are 14 different Physics and Chemistry experiments. Each one contains an interactive activity and an evaluation.
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Activity
Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (Spain)

Elmol: Bachillerato

For Students 9th - 10th
These are 14 different Physics and Chemistry experiments. Each one contains an interactive activity and an evaluation.
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Activity
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Physlets and Physlet Physics Jar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use these physlets, or small computational engines, to practice and improve your physics problem-solving capabilities.
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Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Grounding a Positively Charged Electroscope

For Students 9th - 10th
This Physics Classroom tutorial contains a simple animation demonstrating the grounding process for a positively-charged electroscope. The movement of electrons between the electroscope and ground is shown. An explanation accompanies the...
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Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Charging an Electroscope by Induction

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Multimedia Physics Studios. An animation of the technique of the induction charging of an electroscope. The movement of electrons through the electroscope is shown. The animation is accompanied by explanations of what is happening.
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Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Inducing a Positive Charge on a Sphere

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial from the Glenbrook South High School provides an animation depicting the induction charging of a single sphere by the process of induction. The movement of electrons is shown. The animation is accompanied by explanations of...
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Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Charging a Two Sphere System by Induction

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Multimedia Physics Studios. An animation depicting the induction charging of a double sphere system by the process of induction. The movement of electrons between spheres and between the ground and sphere is shown. The animation...
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Michigan Reach Out

Sounds Like Science: Jamboree

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students create a jamboree using the science concepts learned in the other "Sounds Like Science" activities. Great for a music and science team.
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Activity
University of California

University of California Berkeley: Charging an Electroscope by Induction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the U.C. Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations website. A thorough description of an activity in which a charged metal plate is used to charge an electroscope by induction. Complete directions and a diagram of the equipment and...
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Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Electrophorus by Induction

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial offers an animation depicting the induction charging of an electrophorus plate by the process of induction. Animation depicts the movement of electrons between plat and ground. The animation is accompanied by explanations...
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Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Negatively Charged Electroscope

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Multimedia Physics Studios of the Glenbrook South High School. A tutorial containing a simple animation demonstrating the grounding process for a negatively-charged electroscope. The movement of electrons between the...
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Activity
Other

Diver Ciencia: Fisica Recreativa

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try these fun physics experiments. Find out how you can make an egg float in water or if an egg is raw or cooked without breaking its shell and many other fun curiosities.
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Other

Diver Ciencia: Fisica Sorprendemte

For Students 3rd - 5th
Try these eighteen physics experiments. These are "surprises" from physics but they all have scientific explanation.