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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: 2 D Projectile Motion: Vectors and Comparing Multiple Trajectories

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice problems dealing with displacement, velocity, and acceleration vectors for horizontally launched projectiles. In these practice problems, students will compare initial speed and time in the air for multiple projectiles.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Acceleration: At a Glance

For Students 9th - 10th
This article talks about how acceleration is the change of velocity as time passes anytime we speed up or slow down, or change direction, we undergo acceleration.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Weightlessness Experiment

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Demonstrate how water and a cup fall at the same rate of speed.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Linear Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module where students gain an understanding of the relationships between the different kinds of motion. Students will be able to explain free-fall motion and use kinematics equations to calculate problems involving falling...
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Ramp: Forces and Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore forces and motion as you push household objects up and down a ramp. Lower and raise the ramp to see how the angle of inclination affects the parallel forces.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will begin to calculate the momentum of a physical system.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Acceleration?

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides definitions, examples, and formulas for acceleration.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Is Newton's First Law?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students are introduced to the concepts of force, inertia, and Newton's first law of motion: objects at rest stay at rest and objects in motion stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.This lesson is the first in a series...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Changes in Motion

For Students 6th - 8th
Given diagrams or scenarios, students will measure and graph changes in motion.
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Jean Bertrand Leon Foucault

For Students 9th - 10th
A lengthy biographical sketch from The New Advent of Jean-Bertand-Leon Foucault (1819-1868 CE) physicist and mechanician. Discusses his upbringing, scientific work, major accomplishments and published articles. Please note that "The...
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Handout
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Kinetic Theory, a Brief Review

For Students 9th - 10th
The derivation of the Boltzmann distribution in detail. Shows calculations and graphs, with links to animations and video to further explain.
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Applications of Trigonometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dr. Math answers a word problem involving the use of vectors.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Cas Your Girl Friend

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students find the time a man takes to catch a moving train. They solve the problem with and without using calculus.
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Activity
Other

Fear of Physics: Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity

For Students 9th - 10th
Fear of Physics uses animations and simple language to teach the theory of relativity.
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Handout
University of Waterloo (Canada)

University of Waterloo: Kinetic Theory of Gases

For Students 9th - 10th
Takes the Boltzmann distribution mathematics and explains it. Not a simple site, but does provide nice historical links in addition to high-level explanation of the distribution.
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Website
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Applications of Waves in Your Everyday Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a variety of everyday activities and everyday experiences in which waves or sound waves play a role.
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Study Guide
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Instantaneous Rates of Change

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Prepare for the AP Calculus exam by reviewing the most common relationships that are used in calculus. Formulas and examples are provided.
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
A GIF animation comparing the motion of three cars. A graphical depiction is given. Includes three thoughtful questions with answers in a pop-up menu.
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eBook
NASA

Nasa: The Rocket Motor

For Students 9th - 10th
An online version of a book pertaining to task of launching rockets into space and subsequently navigating them through space. The first several "chapters" (pages) describe the influence of gravity on Earth and the barriers which it...

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