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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Properly Defining a System

For Students 9th - 10th
This slide show illustrates how to properly define a system of forces.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Electric Charge and Net Charge

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this lesson, students learn about electric charges, and how the law of charges determines whether charges repel or attract each other. They will also learn how...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Hand Towing a Car: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this active learning activity, students will find a technique to move a car with one hand. Students are given only a tow strap, so the students must apply angular force to successfully move the car with one hand.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Net Torque Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must determine the net torque on a wheel. There will be four forces on the wheel and all of them will be at right angles to the radius from the center of the wheel.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Net Torque Level 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must determine the net torque on a wheel. There will be two forces on the wheel that will be apply at random angles to their radii.
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Unit Plan
Other

Libros Vivos: Fuerzas en Equilibrio

For Students 6th - 8th
This site has a simple introduction to equilibrium of force and moment of a force.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Kinetic Energy and the Work Energy Theorem

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain work as a transfer of energy and net work as the work done by the net force and to explain and apply the work-energy theorem.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice With Inclined Planes

For Students 9th - 10th
A video presentation providing example problems on finding the net force acting on objects at rest or sliding across inclined planes. [13:08]
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Would You Weigh Less in an Elevator?

For Students 9th - 10th
Video that uses an elevator in motion to describe the relationship among weight, gravity, and relative motion. [3:36] Includes a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
A four-lesson e-textbook covering topics in Newton's Laws. Tutorials include informational text,animations, interactive activities, and quick, interactive comprehension checks throughout the lessons.
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Website
Other

Us Gen Net: Vanderburgh County: World War I Soldiers' Biographies

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to biographies of men from Vanderburgh County, Indiana who fought in World War I.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice W/ Inclined Planes: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on determining the net force acting on objects at rest or sliding across inclined planes. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Practice w/ Inclined Planes."
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Website
Other

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force: Habitattitude

For Students 9th - 10th
Dedicated to aquatic resource conservation, this task force addresses the expansion of harmful plants, fish, and other animals and invasive species
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Newton's First Law?

For Students 9th - 10th
Newton's First Law also called the law of inertia is the most important thing to realize about motion. This article offers more information on motion and explains solved problems involving Newton's First Law. Also included is a video...
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Lesson Plan
Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Curious Scientific Investigators: Flight Adventures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will make paper rockets, parachutes, and foam gliders to experience how objects move through the air. Explore topics such as thrust, weight, gravity, force, and lift through fun activities and stories and cutting-edge work done...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: System of Particles in an Object

For Students 9th - 10th
This presentation explains why an object remains at rest, despite the fact that the particles within the object are in motion.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Expanding the Work Energy Theorem

For Students 9th - 10th
A narrated tutorial which illustrates how the work-energy theorem can be expanded to include other kinds of energy. [10:07]
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Introduction to Work Energy Theorem

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch this screencast to understand the work-energy theorem in regards to energy. [8:45]
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Interactive
Curated OER

Zona Land: Components of a Vector

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive Java applet where users can rotate a vector about its tail and view the components of that vector. Magnitude of the components is updated on screen as the vector is dragged.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Improperly Defining a System

For Students 9th - 10th
This presentation explains why a poorly defined system can lead to incorrect answers in physics problems.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Charging Objects

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The laws that govern interactions between charged particles are explained, and methods of creating a net charge on an object are described.
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Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Reaction Rates

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Chem4Kids.com site explores the rate of reactions. Content focuses on forces that change the speed of reactions, and measuring rates.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice W/ Free Body Diagrams: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on using free-body diagrams to determine the net force acting on an object. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Practice w/ Free-Body Diagrams."
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Unit Plan
Other

Easyphysics: Chapter 5 Motion in Two Dimensions

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners investigate motion in two dimensions. Some topics examined are two dimensional forces, gravity, and forces in three directions. The resource includes example problems with solutions and a chapter quiz.

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