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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on motion including definitions, how to calculate the change in velocity and the average acceleration, and a link to an assessment.
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Handout
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Glossary for Kinematics

For Students 10th - 12th
This is a glossary of terms and definitions used in AP Physics: Chapter 2: Kinematics.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Kinematics Conceptual Questions

For Students 10th - 12th
This page provides practice questions on each of the conceptual content sections in AP Physics: Chapter 2: Kinematics.
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Activity
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Phase Shift

For Students 9th - 10th
The tutorial investigates phase shift by examining the shapes of the sine and cosine functions. The resource consists of definitions, animations, interactive graphs, and examples. Practice problems with solutions are included.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Motion in One Dimension

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This hands-on exercise allows students to view and calculate the various factors involved in one-dimensional motion. Students will use remote control vehicles to illustrate the linear motion. Students will use the information gathered...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Does Coke Float?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders predict if different types of coke will float or sink.
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Going Home to New Orleans

For Students 9th - 10th
A CNN reporter, and New Orleans native, relates his personal experiences living in the city and returning to it after Hurricane Katrina did significant damage.
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Louisiana Evacuees Told to Stay Put

For Students 9th - 10th
Louisiana officials plead with evacuees not to return home as the damage was too great. This article discusses some of the damage done, specifically to New Orleans. Report is from September, 2005.
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Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Limits: An Informal Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Gain an understanding of limits with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition and examples that enhance further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: West Rock Ridge, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A geologic map from 1911 of south-central Connecticut showing the displacement of trap ridges near northern end of West Rock Ridge and corresponding displacement in the crystallines of the bordering uplands.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Yuchi Town Site

For Students 9th - 10th
This archaeological site was occupied by the Apalachicola and Yuchi tribes. During the 17th century, the Apalachicola tribe allied with the Spanish in Florida against the English in Carolina and were ultimately destroyed as a culture....
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Graphic
Curated OER

Metis Flag

For Students 9th - 10th
A lengthy and detailed history of the Canadian Metis, a native-American group living in western Canada.They were displaced when white settlers moved into the area. The Metis rebelled at least once during this period. Click on the various...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Refugees of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province

For Students 9th - 10th
This photograph shows a displaced family from Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Child Refugee From Pakistan's North West Frontier Province

For Students 9th - 10th
This photograph shows one of the many displaced children of Pakistan's North West frontier province.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Bbc: 2.5 Million People Affected by Pakistan Floods

For Students 9th - 10th
This image depicts a number of people displaced by the 2010 floods in Pakistan.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Nicolaus Copernicus

For Students 9th - 10th
Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473 - May 24, 1543) was the first astronomer to formulate a scientifically based heliocentric cosmology that displaced the Earth from the center of the universe. His epochal book, De revolutionibus...
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Activity
University of Maryland

Thinking Problems in Oscillations and Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of thought-provoking, multichoice questions from the University of Maryland on the topic of oscillations and waves. Equations for calculating the period of motion for masses on springs, pendulums, sounds, and waves on a string...
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Activity
Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth Univ.: Work Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Virginia Commonwealth University gives good information on the definition of work using nice graphics and interactive questions. Immediate feedback on student answers is provided.
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Handout
Other

Planet psych.com: Defense Mechanisms and Why We Use Them

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief description of some of the most common defense mechanisms and short explanation of why people use them.
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Article
How Stuff Works

How Stuff Works: How Helium Balloons Work

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how helium is able to keep balloons afloat in the air. Compares them to how hot air balloons work. Includes a video, and some activities to try for testing the principles being discussed.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Volume and Mass

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe the concepts of volume and mass and show how to calculate volume and mass.
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Study Guide
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Working With Parabolic Projectile Paths

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the free-fall constants and gravity acceleration equations, we can determine many things about the position, velocity, and speed of a projectile. Here are a few examples and explanations. This is a great review for the AP Calculus...
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Tsunamis

For Students K - 1st
Learn the causes of tsunamis, what happens during one, where they appear, and survival tips.
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Handout
Other

University of Winnipeg: The Simple Pendulum

For Students 9th - 10th
The periodic motion of a pendulum is described with words and equations; little conceptual emphasis. Sample problems with solutions are provided.

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