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Handout
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Velocity and Acceleration

For Students 10th - 12th
Interactive notes with links to previous concepts, examples, and solutions.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Physics: Angular Acceleration

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter discusses uniform and non-uniform circular motion, how to calculate angular acceleration, and the relationship between linear and...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics: Uniform Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Provides a definition for uniform acceleration and the formulas relating initial velocity, final velocity, time, and acceleration. Includes interactive simulation.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Velocity and Acceleration Vectors

For Students 9th - 10th
This 11-problem quiz/practice helps students to understand how velocity and acceleration can be represented using vectors.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Acceleration and Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes practice using the acceleration equation to solve for acceleration, time, and initial or final velocity.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Centripetal Acceleration?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what centripetal acceleration means and how to calculate it. Included are two example problems with solutions.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Are Velocity vs. Time Graphs?

For Students 9th - 10th
How to analyze graphs that relate velocity and time to acceleration and displacement.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Forces and Motion: Acceleration

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on acceleration.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Velocity Time Graphs

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to draw a velocity-time graph and what it represents.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Acceleration: At a Glance

For Students 9th - 10th
This article talks about how acceleration is the change of velocity as time passes anytime we speed up or slow down, or change direction, we undergo acceleration.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore illustrated examples and try some practice acceleration problems to better understand this vector quantity in physics.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Horizontal and Vertical Components of Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn how to describe the motion of projectiles numerically; specifically how the numerical values of the x and y components of the velocity and displacement change with time. Includes animations and interactive simulation.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Acceleration and Velocity Through Walking Using Paces and Excel

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This has been used for the physics portion of a ninth grade physical science course. This lab experience is designed to give students a conceptual sense of the relationship between one-dimensional distance, velocity and acceleration.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Acceleration vs. Constant Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
Observe the animation of the three cars. Use the animation to answer three questions about their acceleration and velocity.
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Unit Plan
Other

Easyphysics: Chapter 3 Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners investigate acceleration. Some topics examined are average acceleration, instantaneous acceleration, and velocity. The resource includes example problems with solutions and a chapter quiz.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Acceleration Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Challenges students to get as many vehicle accelerations as possible in a 3 minute time frame. Students must push on the gas to accelerate their vehicle and then use the change in velocity and the change in time to get the acceleration...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exploring Acceleration Through Vectors

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The goal of this activity is to get students to think about what is happening when velocity and acceleration vectors point in different directions. The pictures, sentences, and cars used allow the students to picture each situation in...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Newton's Second Law: How Does Acceleration Change With Varying Forces?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab activity, students investigate the effects of changing force on the acceleration of a lab cart testing Newton's Second Law of Motion. They will use distance and time to calculate velocity and create a graph representing their...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Average Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore average acceleration and find out how it relates to velocity and displacement.
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Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Centripetal Acceleration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students observe the centripetal acceleration of an object in uniform circular motion. Relate the changes in velocity and radius to the centripetal acceleration.
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Acceleration of a Wheel and Axle

For Students 9th - 10th
A lab investigation of an accelerating object can be difficult without motion sensors or computer photogates. The accelerating object can gain velocity in such a way that it moves a great distance in a short time.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Acceleration [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this printable physics activity which allows learners to practice problems describing motion using acceleration.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Forces, Acceleration and Newton's Laws Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Newton's First Law: an object remains in the same state of motion unless a resultant force acts on it. If the resultant force on an object is zero, this means: a stationary object stays stationary; a moving object...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Uniform Circular Motion and Centripetal Acceleration Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the key concepts, equations, and skills for uniform circular motion, including centripetal acceleration and the difference between linear and angular velocity.

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