Curated OER
Science World: Life of Sir Isaac Newton
This site from ScienceWorld provides an interesting biographical sketch of the English physicist and mathematician, Isaac Newton. The biography is a good size in length and very informative, with links provided throughout for additional...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Physics Quizzes: Newton's Three Laws
Assess your understanding of Newton's three laws of motion and the ability to distinguish between the three with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Receive immediate feedback to your answers.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Inertia and Mass
This is part of a lesson on Newton's Laws of Motion that focuses on inertia and mass. It restates Newton's first law of motion. The lesson also gives a helpful visual description concerning friction.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1700 1749
Aided by tools such as static electricity machines and Leyden jars, scientists continue their experiments into the fundamentals of magnetism and electricity.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Free Falling in Outer Space
With a little help from Sir Isaac Newton, Matt J. Carlson explains the basic forces acting on an astronaut during a free fall. [2:59]
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Isaac Newton
(1642-1727) English natural philosopher, mathematician, and physicist most famous for gravity and his laws of motion.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Isaac Newton
Discoverer and inventor
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Isaac Newton
Philosopher and mathematician, born at Woolsthorpe, England, Dec. 25, 1642; died March 20, 1727.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
This site provides a selection of major authors and works associated with English literature, ranging from Geoffrey Chaucer to Sir Isaac Newton. Each author's page contains online texts of the author's works, essays about the author and...
Children's Museum
Children's Museum: Field Guide to the Universe: Astronomers
Read brief biographies of astronomers who are grouped by time period.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: The Counter Reformation
Tom Richey offers a thorough slideshow incorporatin Sir Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion while reviewing the historic details of the Counter-Reformation. Find out who disagreed with the Reformation movement.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Laws of Motion
This resource provides a discussion of Newton's Laws of Motion.
Robin Chew
Lucid Cafe: Polish Cleric and Astronomer
This site from the Lucid Cafe contains a short bibliography of Nicholas Copernicus. The information, though it is brief, is very factual and worth checking out with great links throughout for additional information on related subjects.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Differentiation
Explore the world of Calculus through differentiation. Focusing on areas such as limits, tangents to curves, and derivatives, this site shows you how to solve problems based on the discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz....
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Binomial Theorem
Students learn about the binomial theorem. The tutorial includes class notes, calculator tips, examples, and practice problems with solutions. The teacher resource investigates the origins of the binomial theorem.
Read Works
Read Works: The Whys of Weather Rainbows
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about rainbows and how they are formed. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Nicky Case: The Wisdom And/or Madness of Crowds
Why do some crowds turn to madness and other crowds turn to wisdom? Network science seeks to explain groupthink with its core idea being we should not study the individual people, but their connections. Use this interactive site to...
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Gravity
Peruse this resource to learn about gravity, its importance, the Universal Law of Gravitation, the difference between mass and weight, and more fun facts.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Telescope
Illustrated discussion of the invention of the telescope with details on Galileo's telescope, the reflecting telescope, and the space telescope.
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