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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: The Moving Man

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about position, velocity, and acceleration graphs. Move the little man back and forth with the mouse and plot his motion, and then set the position, velocity, or acceleration and let the simulation move the man for you.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Motion: Understanding Frame of Reference

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lab activity, learners investigate the concept of frame of reference by observing, describing and drawing the same walking motion from different positions. Additionally, they determine the effect of frame of reference on the...
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Inertia and Mass

For Students 9th - 10th
This is part of a lesson on Newton's Laws of Motion that focuses on inertia and mass. It restates Newton's first law of motion. The lesson also gives a helpful visual description concerning friction.
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My Science Site

Forces and Motion [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides reproducibles that aide in student learning of force and motion. Also offers hands-on and cooperative learning activity ideas as well as an ESL/ELD activity. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Pendulum, Slider, and Spring

For Students 9th - 10th
Observe the motion of this animated system to represent an analogy for molecular mechanics of atoms and molecules.