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Cool It!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Adjust the melting time of ice without varying the temperature! Learners experiment with different materials to decide how the materials affect the rate an ice cube melts. They then connect their findings to the conductivity of each...
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Scrambler

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Unscramble a carnival mystery! Scholars observe a video of an overhead view of a carnival ride, The Scrambler. They then must determine mathematically where a specific car will stop after a certain amount of time.
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"Go-Car" Lab

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars construct a car based on directions given. In this physics lesson, students calculate average speed using distance and time information. They collect data and create a graph of distance vs. time.
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How Fast Is Your Car?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover the relationship between speed, distance, and time. They calculate speed and represent their data graphically. They, in groups, design a ramp for their matchbox car. The goal is to see who's ramp produces the...
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Physics and Me

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compare and contrast mass and weight. For this physics lesson, 6th graders calculate speed given distance and time information. They construct a rocket and relate this to Newton's 3rd Law of motion.
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Need For Speed

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners calculate the distance a car travel using CEEBoT. In this algebra lesson, students apply the distance formula to real life scenarios. They use a measuring tape and a formula to measure the distance the ceebot travels.
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Solar Speed

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students perform unit conversion. In this algebra lesson, students calculate the distance and speed of a solar car. They graph their result as speed versus distance and analyze it.
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Cannonball

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate the speed, motion and distance of a projectile. In this geometry lesson, students obtain measurements while calculating velocity. They graph their results and make predictions.
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Forces and Motion-The Downhill Racer

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners calculate a toy car's velocity and acceleration. In this force and motion lesson, students build ramps and attach a dropper to a toy car, which is released down the ramp. Learners calculate and graph velocity and acceleration...
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Formula for Fitness

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Many youngsters don't understand that fitness is a life-long endeavor, and that it really pays off to be healthy. Use a spreadsheet to document progress in a fitness plan to see if there really in a benefit to running and exercise. Adapt...
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Faster speed-Shorter Time

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students calculate the inverse variation, and speed given the formulas. In this algebra lesson, students investigate properties of conics, focusing on the hyperbola. They identify the distance between the directrix and other parts of the...
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The Math Reaction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the reaction time to figure out problems. They use the following example to get them started with reaction time: the edge of a ruler is placed near a person's thumb and index finger and, without warning, the ruler is...
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Worksheet 20 Fall 1995

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students describe a step by step method to solve rate problems. Then they state the time derivatives of different quantities.
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Road Trip to Pennsylvania

For Students 8th - 10th
For this road trip problem, students examine information about road trip and determine the constant rate necessary to travel a predetermined distance.   This one-page worksheet contains 1 problem.  The answer is provided.
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Dulles to Denver

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Dulles to Denver worksheet, students determine the airspeed of an airplane.  This one-page worksheet contains 1 problem.  The answer is provided.
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Average Velocity, Instantaneous Velocity, and Slope

For Students Higher Ed
In this velocity learning exercise, students determine the average velocity for given situations. They graph the distance traveled, and compute velocity at time intervals. This two-page learning exercise contains eleven problems.
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Velocity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the concepts of velocity, acceleration, distance and football. They collect data on the velocity of a football and they determine the distance and height of a football when it is thrown. Students compare their findings...
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Bug Race

For Students 7th - 12th
In this motion learning exercise, students compare two graphs showing a bug's distance traveled over time. Students calculate the average speed of the bugs and determine which bug was traveling at a constant speed. This learning exercise...
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Formula Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students name what each of the units listed represent whether it is distance, time, speed, or acceleration. Then they solve each of the word problems that follow, showing all of their work.
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I Feel The Need For Speed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the concepts of speed, velocity, acceleration and inertia. In groups, they use the internet to research rollercoasters found in the United States and calculate their acceleration rates. They use the...
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Sum of an Infinite Series

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this word problem activity, students solve one sum of an infinite/rate problem.  The rate problem is solvable in two ways.  The easiest approach is provided.
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Rates in Linear Mechanical Systems

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine factors that control rates in mechanical system. They identify units associated with speed, calculate speed of moving object, identify units associated with acceleration, and calculate acceleration of moving object.
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Integration

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this calculus worksheet, learners simplify integrals and solve problems that involve related rates and maximum and minimums.  The one page worksheet contains twenty-three problems.  Solutions are not provided. 
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Worksheet 19 Fall 1995

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Students evaluate the equations that each variable is a function of time. They differentiate each expression with a comparison to the variable of t.

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