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Linear Motion 6

For Students 9th - 12th
In this linear motion learning exercise, students answer 12 questions about acceleration, velocity and distance traveled. They interpret diagrams and indicate the location of an object if it has positive, negative or no acceleration....
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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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Momentum

For Students 7th - 10th
In this momentum worksheet, students solve 6 problems including finding the momentum of objects given their mass and velocity and applying the concepts of the conservation of momentum to solve for the speed and direction of moving objects.
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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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Acceleration

For Students 9th - 12th
In this acceleration instructional activity, students solve 14 problems including finding work done on an object, the speed of an object, the distance traveled and the acceleration.
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Linear Motion 4

For Students 9th - 12th
In this linear motion worksheet, high schoolers answer 12 questions including finding acceleration of moving objects, calculating distance objects travel and determining the time of travel. Students interpret graphs of position vs. time,...
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Volcanoes are a Blast-Working with Simple Equations

For Students 9th - 12th
For this projectile motion worksheet, high schoolers solve 3 problems and an inquiry problem using three equations that describe projectile motion. One equation is for the maximum velocity to reach a height, H, the other is the maximum...
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Trigonometry in Automobile - Accident Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 12th
In this accident reconstruction worksheet, students use trigonometry and vectors to determine the speeds of automobiles in a car accident.  They compute the speed at which a car skidded before a crash.  This one-page worksheet contains 1...
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Lessons for Beginner Atlatl Users

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders research weapons of the Aboriginal people and throw a dart with and without the use of an atlatl. In this cross curricular lesson, 9th graders research the weapons of the Aboriginal people. They throw darts with and without...
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IPC Physics Vocabulary Review

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this physics review instructional activity, students review vocabulary words associated with speed, acceleration, Newton's Laws and simple machines, work and energy, magnetism, electricity, and harmonic motion and light. This...
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The Train and Bee Problem

For Students 9th - 12th
In this problem solving activity, students solve 1 word problem about two trains and a bee traveling towards each other.  Students determine the distance traveled by the bee given velocity of the trains and bee, and the distance between...
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"Measurement in Motion"

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the rate of motion and changes in motion using a ramp and a rolling object. They conduct the demonstration, determine the average speed, and describe how a moving object can have zero acceleration and deceleration.
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Train vs. Car: Who Wins?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders conduct an experiment demonstrating what happens when a train hits a car using easily accessible materials. They calculate momentum, velocity, and distance using the appropriate formulas. Then they write an incident report...
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Graph Sketches

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this graphing activity, learners use velocity vs. time graphs to create speed vs. time and acceleration vs. time graphs. Students create 24 graphs.
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Motion Crossword Puzzle

For Students 7th - 9th
In this motion activity, students complete a crossword puzzle given 11 clues related to rate, acceleration, force of gravity and velocity. They also complete a puzzle where they unscramble 11 words related to motion to solve for a final...
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Acceleration, Drag, Gravity, Motion, Forces, and Friction

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders build and run mousetrap cars in order to measure distance, time, and mass for their cars. They use these measurements to calculate average speed and kinetic energy, then create a slide show to visually explain how the car...
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IPC Physics Final Review

For Students 9th - 12th
In this physics review worksheet, students compare experimental variable, simple machines, and Newton's Laws. Students calculate kinetic energy, work, power, speed, and velocity. Students review conduction, convection, and radiation....
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Let's Get Moving

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in sports activities that relate to motion, velocity and momentum. They produce a PowerPoint presentation after researching the activities.
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Roller Coaster Physics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students design a roller coaster that allows a marble to run the course as fast as possible. Students create an experimental roller coaster taking into account the steepness of the hills and the sharpness of the turns. Students use a...
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Glacier Dynamics

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students create flubber glaciers. In this glacier dynamics lesson, students experiment factors that may affect glacier speed. Factors include slope, ice temperature, and basal conditions. Students develop hypothesis, conduct experiment,...
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Force and Motion

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Each of the slides here gives a definition, equation, or calculation example for a component of force and motion. This large collection covers topics from momentum and Newton's laws to centripetal forces and simple machines. Animations...
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Urbana School District

Projectile and Circular Motion, Torque

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Introduce your young scholars to the concepts of circular motion, projectile motion, angular speed, simple harmonic motion, torque, center of mass, centripetal force, and Hooke's Law with a 86-slide presentation. The circular motion...
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Edmond Public Schools

8th Grade Science Resource Book: Unit 2 - Physics

For Students 8th Standards
Get things moving with this extensive collection of physical science resources. Covering the fundamentals of measurement, graphing, lab safety, and experimental design as well as the specific scientific concepts of velocity,...
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Methods of Motion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How could you earn a $6,000,000 speeding ticket? This presentation uses an analogy that relates speed in the universe to the cost of a speeding ticket. Scholars ultimately understand that motion is relative. Also covered is the concept...

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