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Curated OER

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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Speed and Acceleration

For Students 6th - 10th
In this speed and acceleration worksheet, students complete math word problems having to do with speed and acceleration. Students complete 13 problems.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Angular Velocity: 200 Meter Dash

For Students 10th - 12th
Do curves slow runners down or help their speed? Pupils simulate a 200-meter dash to calculate the angular and linear velocity of a runner. They then determine whether the runner is faster around the curved section of the track or the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Review of Kinematics

For Students 11th - 12th
In this kinematics review worksheet, learners complete 50 multiple choice questions on average speed, velocity and acceleration.
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PPT
Curated OER

What is Motion?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Prior to beginning a math or physical science lesson on motion, use this presentation to define the concepts of motion, rate, velocity, and speed. This resource lacks concrete examples but could be useful as discussion starter.  
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Terminal Velocity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate acceleration due to gravity with the measurements of the period of a pendulum or measurements of the time for an object to fall from different heights. They observe and measure the effect of air resistance on the...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Angular Speed Simulation

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Can you time the speed of your car perfectly so you only hit green lights? The challenge in the simulation is to alter the timing of the lights or the speed of the car in order to do just that. Scholars learn about angular speed as they...
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Curated OER

Velocity

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students determine the average speed of a toy car as it travels six different distances set up by Students. Three trials are done for each distance. The only requirements is that the longest distance must be at least three times longer...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Speeding By The Numbers

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students determine speed by running or walking a given distance and dividing the distance by the time it took them to do so. They record their average speed and compare it with the speeds of other moving objects.
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Lesson Plan
Kenan Fellows

Analyzing Speed from Different Modalities

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Show us your moves. Using sensor equipment, scholars track the motion of different movements, such as jogging, skipping, or jump roping. They analyze velocity and acceleration and create graphs representing each movement.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Typical Numeric Questions for Physics I - Momentum

For Students 9th - 12th
Simple momentum computations and more complex collision computations can be found on these two worksheets. All of them can be answered by choosing from five possibilities. The first worksheet contains nine problems to solve, while the...
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PPT
Curated OER

Motion and Force

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Motion and force vocabulary words are concisely defined in this 13-slide PowerPoint. This is a great slideshow to review prior to a quiz for 5th or 6th grade science. Tip: Send this PowerPoint to your students so they can review it...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Unit VIII: Worksheet 4 - Central Force

For Students 9th - 12th
Send physics learners into orbit by assigning this seven-problem worksheet. They will calculate the mass of a satellite, construct a force diagram, determine the radius of the orbit, and more. Physics worksheets can become wearisome, but...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Acceleration and Velocity Problems

For Students 11th - 12th
In this acceleration and velocity worksheet, students explain how long it would take a car to reach a speed of 100 m/s from resting. Then they determine the acceleration of a plane as it slows down to land if it is going at 75 m/s....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Motion

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read about and study motion. They conduct a lab in which they calculate speed using track records at their school. They graph the results and then invite a guest speaker (an officer from the local police department) who...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Up, Up, and Away

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study the concepts of speed and velocity and complete practice problems. In small groups, students fly airplanes and record time and distance traveled for each flight. They calculate the speed and velocity of their plane for...
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PPT
Bowels Physics

Kinematics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Lead your class on a speedy journey as you present an effective lesson on kinematics. Individuals review speed, acceleration, and velocity before completing several practice problems to integrate the concepts. 
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Spinning an Old Record

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Take a trip back in time to examine angular velocity. Using the revolutions per minute, learners calculate the speed of a point on a 33 record. They compare the speed of a point on the edge of the record to the speed of a point closer to...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Velocity vs. Distance

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
At the end of this activity, your number crunchers will have a better understanding as to how to describe graphs of velocity versus time and distance versus time. It is easy for learners to misinterpret graphs of velocity, so have them...
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Curated OER

Physics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this physics worksheet students complete a series of multiple choice and short answer questions on force, magnitude, and energy.  They complete calculations to solve word problems. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Conservation of Momentum

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this momentum instructional activity, students calculate the velocity, distance traveled, or speed for different objects. This instructional activity has 10 different word problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Balloon Rocket Race Track

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss "How can we measure (or make it easier to record) the speed, distance or acceleration of the balloon?" They told that they are going to make a balloon racetrack. Pupils use meter sticks to accurately measure length and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Some Acceleration Practice Problems

For Students 9th - 12th
In this acceleration worksheet, students practice determining acceleration, distance traveled, velocity and time given 5 problems with different scenarios.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Momentum

For Students 9th - 12th
In this momentum worksheet, students review the equations for finding momentum using the mass and speed. They solve eighteen problems using the equation for momentum to find the unknown.

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