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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Accelerometer: Centripetal Acceleration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work as physicists to understand centripetal acceleration concepts. They also learn about a good robot design and the accelerometer sensor. They also learn about the relationship between centripetal acceleration and centripetal...
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Handout
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Velocity and Acceleration

For Students 10th - 12th
Interactive notes with links to previous concepts, examples, and solutions.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Position, Velocity and Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
This 9-problem quiz/practice helps students understand how position, velocity and acceleration are related.
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Lesson Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Table of Contents

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners examine motion with words, equations, diagrams, and graphs. Some topics investigated are position, velocity, acceleration, and free fall. The tutorial consists of lessons and problems to check for understanding.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Kinematic Equations and Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive physics tutorial, students investigate the relationships between two methods available to solve problems involving the numerical relationships between displacement, velocity, acceleration and time.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Calculating Acceleration: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain that acceleration can be calculated by taking change in velocity divided by change in time. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Calculating Acceleration."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
A slide show illustrating two types of acceleration as they are related to velocity and time. Learn how to solve a simple equation, and calculate average acceleration.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Phys. Science: Calculating Acceleration From Velocity and Time

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to calculate average acceleration and the SI unit for acceleration.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice W/ Average Velocity & Constant Acceleration: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on calculating the average velocity of an object undergoing constant acceleration. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Practice w/ Average Velocity & Constant Acceleration."
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Handout
Other

Socratic: What Is an Acceleration vs Time Graph?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how to construct and interpret an acceleration vs. time graph, and how it would relate to a velocity vs. time graph or a position vs. time graph.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Acceleration

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about acceleration in the science of physics and the laws of motion including units and measurement. How to calculate it from the change in velocity over the change in time.
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Acceleration

For Students K - 1st
What is acceleration? Brief article discusses how it is measured, deceleration, and gravity.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Using Velocity and Acceleration Vectors to Interpret the Motion of a Car

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students understand that vectors have both magnitude and direction components as they investigate velocity and acceleration vectors.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Acceleration on a Planet Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab was designed to have students test the factors that affect the acceleration due to gravity on a planet. Students will be able to modify the planet and then drop an object to determine the acceleration on the planet. As the...
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Circular Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
This program gives students a visual representation of why an object moving in a circle at constant speed is accelerating. This program will guide students through a method of calculating the circular acceleration based on the change in...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Practice Science Questions: Physics Velocity and Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of velocity and acceleration with this short quiz.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Practice Science Answers: Physics Velocity and Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
View the answers to a quiz about velocity and acceleration on this site.
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Math Graphs

Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Position, Velocity, and Acceleration [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine the graphs of the position, velocity, and acceleration functions of a particle. The example is available in PDF format.
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Interactive
Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Motion With Constant Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
An applet shows a car moving with constant acceleration. You get to start and stop the demo. Three diagrams illustrate the position, velocity, and acceleration/versus time.
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Handout
Physics4kids

Physics4 kids.com: Velocity, Motion and Speed Oh My

For Students 5th - 9th
This brief overview distinguishes speed and velocity. Vectors are explained along with acceleration and gravitation. Diagrams are used to help explain these concepts.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Ladybug Motion 2 D

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about position, velocity, and acceleration vectors by moving the ladybug. Set the position, velocity, or acceleration, and see how the vectors change.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Butterfly Stroke

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between velocity and position for a swimmer. Adjust the velocity of the legs, streamline, and arms to experiment with the slope of velocity in the simulation swimmer. Dig a...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Model Rocket

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between position and velocity for a model rocket during launch and in free-fall. Experiment with rocket mass, rocket thrust, and rocket burn time to understand the...
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Motion in 2 D

For Students 9th - 10th
Try the new "Ladybug Motion 2D" simulation for the latest updated version of the original game. Learn about position, velocity, and acceleration vectors.

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