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Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Remarkable Three Body Motions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What happens in space when a third celestial body joins two others? Discover both simple and complex situations which occur supporting Newtonian law in space with this collection of applets.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Flying With Style

For Teachers 10th - 12th
As students begin to understand the physics behind thrust, drag, and gravity and how these relate these to Newton's three laws of motion, groups assemble and launch the rockets that they designed in the associated lesson.
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Handout
Physics4kids

Physics4 kids.com: Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Get a brief overview of Newton's three laws of motion. Examples with diagrams are used to explain each law. An online quiz is available to test your understanding of these topics.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Newton's Triple Play: Baseball Science

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students watch a video and animations that relate Isaac Newton's three laws of motion to baseball and apply what they've learned about these laws to another sport or other real-life situation.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Action Reaction! Rocket

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students construct a rocket from a balloon propelled along a guide string. They use this model to learn about Newton's three laws of motion, examining the effect of different forces on the motion of the rocket.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Newton's Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you need to review any of Newton's three laws? This website contains a video collection on Newton's Law from a physics course at East Los Angeles College. In twelve lectures, each law is explained with examples. Also discussed is...
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: Build a Newtonian Physics Machine

For Students 6th - 8th
Great hands on way to explain Newton's Second Law of Motion. Choose from three different Newtonian physics machines to build and test Newton's Second Law.
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eBook
Cornell University

Cornell University: Astronomy: Orbital Motion and Kepler's Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Astronomy Department of Cornell University, Kepler's three laws of planetary motion are stated. There are brief explanations of each, along with links to additional information on related subjects.
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eBook
NASA

Nasa: Kepler and His Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides biographical details about the lives of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. Discusses Kepler's successes at developing laws of planeatry motion. States the three laws and discusses each one individually....
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Website
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Isaac Newton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Fordham University links to excerpts of Newton's major works. Please scroll down to find the section on Newton titled "The Creation of Classical Physics." You will be able to actually read some of Newton's work! Read...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Newton's First and Second Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read a force scenario, and then analyze the graphs provided to gain an understanding of inertia and force. After the activity, answer three challenge questions to check for understanding.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mechanics Mania

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Through ten lessons and numerous activities, students explore the natural universal rules engineers and physicists use to understand how things move and stay still. Together, these rules are called "mechanics." The study of mechanics is...
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Newton's Laws at the Atomic Scale

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore how Newton's three laws apply to the world of atoms and molecules. Start with the originally contradictory observation of Brownian motion. Then, each law is addressed at the atomic level.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Newton Gets Me Moving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson, students will explore motion, rockets and rocket motion while assisting Spacewoman Tess, Spaceman Rohan and Maya in their explorations. They will first learn some basic facts about vehicles, rockets and why we use them....
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Universal Law of Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will learn to describe and calculate how the magnitude of the gravitational force between two objects depends on their masses and...
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Isaac Newton

For Students K - 1st
Brief biographical sketch of Isaac Newton, famous scientist whose discoveries include the law of gravitation, three laws of motion, reflective telescope, and calculus.
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Article
Physics Central

Physics Central: Physics Buzz Blog : The Physics of Football

For Students 9th - 10th
Football is a sport almost made for physicists. Newton's three laws of motion are at work during every play and little things like the unpredictable bounce of the "prolate spheroid" - the football - can throw kinks into a game no...
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Vectors: Forces in Two Dimensions: Addition of Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, examine the effect of forces acting at angles to the horizontal, such that the force has an influence in two dimensions- horizontally and vertically.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rockets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This unit teaches students how and why engineers design satellites to benefit life on Earth as well as allows students an opportunity to explore motion, rockets and rocket motion. Students discover that the motion of all objects...
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Physics 240: Science and Engineering I

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a physics for science and engineering course taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The course discusses the concepts of mechanics, wave motion, sound, heat and thermodynamics in thirty-five...
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Vectors: Forces in Two Dimensions:equilibrium and Statics

For Students 9th - 10th
Through examples and practice problems, this interactive tutorial helps students understand forces that are in a state of equilibrium with a net force of zero.
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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: Physics Quizzes: Force, Mass Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
Assess your understanding of force, mass and acceleration and the relationship amongst the three with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Immediate feedback is offered.
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Colliding Cars

For Students 9th - 10th
Try to predict what will happen in three different bumper car collisions. For each collision, you'll be shown two possible outcomes.