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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Beats

For Students 9th - 10th
Systematically explore different frequency combinations in this experiment provided by Science Buddies. You will use your computer to create sound files to play pure tones on your computer, one frequency in the left channel, and another...
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Interactive
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Falling Slinky Model

For Students 9th - 10th
A model of a slinky consisting of a string of twenty masses connected by springs. When the slinky is released, it falls and retracts in a series of movements. The motion of the slinky can be explored by moving the masses to different...
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Interactive
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Spinning Hoop Model

For Students 9th - 10th
A model of a bead traveling along a spinning hoop. The hoop's velocity and the bead's initial angle can be modified, and the results are displayed on an accompanying chart.
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Website
Other

University of East Anglia: Climatic Research Unit

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site from a university page of the University of East Anglia that is focused on climatic research. It offers links to information sheets, research areas, publications, and other climate links. Each of the information sheets...
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eBook
Other

Wikibooks: Physics Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
A handy resource that gives an overview of equations and definitions pertinent to an introductory, college-level physics course, with two of its three sections focusing on motion-related topics and principles.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Waves

For Students 6th - 8th
Take an interactive quiz over energy waves. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
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Handout
National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: William R. Hewlett

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information about William R. Hewlett, co-founder of the electronics giant Hewlett-Packard.
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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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Activity
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Chaotic Led Flashers?

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting project that produces a set of flashing LED's which might show chaotic fluctuations.
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Activity
Other

The Pendulum Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual laboratory provides five hands-on experiments at rigid pendula.
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Handout
NOAA

Noaa: Pmel: Definitions of El Nino, La Nina and Enso

For Students 9th - 10th
In defining the terms El Nino, La Nina and ENSO, this site describes the relationship between the trade winds and these conditions.
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Website
NOAA

Noaa: Pmel: Noaa: What Is La Nina?

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, you can find out the characteristics of La Nina. You can find out about the lastest La Nina and the places it effected. Links are provided for additional information.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Physics Iii: Vibrations and Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a physics course focusing on vibration and waves taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The course overviews topics dealing with mechanical vibration and waves with twenty-three lectures....
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Lesson Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: El Nino Teaching Box

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Teaching Box combines readings and activities to build student understanding of the changes that happen during an El Nino event.
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Unit Plan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Mass on a Spring

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore mass on a spring. Some topics examined in the activities are Hook's law, sinusoidal motion, and oscillatory motion. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice...
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Website
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Simple Harmonic Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore simple harmonic motion. Some topics examined in the activities are simple harmonic motion, oscillatory motion, and Hooke's law. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions....
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Unit Plan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Orbits of Planets and Satellites

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore orbits of planets and satellites. Some topics examined in the activities are planetary motion, angular momentum of orbits, and Kepler's laws. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and...
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Website
NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: El Nino's Extended Family Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses cycle of global weather patterns and its relation to El Nino. Learn how global weather patterns are being tracked by satellites and how scientists are predicting weather patterns up to a year in advance.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Spring Mass Systems: Calc Frequency, Period, Mass, Spring Constant

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice solving for the frequency, mass, period, and spring constant for a spring-mass system.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Spring Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Creating a simulation of a bob hanging from a spring in a two-dimensional space that responds to other forces in the environment (wind, gravity, etc.)
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Trig and Forces: The Pendulum

For Students 9th - 10th
Using Newton's Laws of motion to calculate the acceleration of a pendulum as well as to compute and draw its position along the swing and move about the screen in a computationally based graphic system.
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University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Thinking Problems With Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of thought-provoking multiple-choice questions from the University of Maryland on the topic of sound and acoustics. One question pertains to the acoustics of a furnished room with two speakers; demands a basic understanding of...

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