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Adult education physics resources for Microsoft Word
Paper Airplane Lab: Gravity and Air Resistance
This activity helps demonstrate some of the unbalanced forces, namely gravity and air resistance, that affect us every day. Students should predict why paper airplanes do not stay in the air forever. After testing their paper airplane, they should create a force diagram and answer some questions regarding these unbalanced forces.
Materials needed: paper, meter stick
Main topics: unbalanced forces, gravity, air resistance (friction).
Quick, easy, and effective in demonstrating gravity and
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Motion Review Worksheet: Distance Time Graphs
A nice, simple review of motion and interpreting distance-time graphs. I put together various different distance-time graphs to allow students practice in interpreting them. Great for middle school or introductory high school courses. I have included a key.
Main topics: motion, speed, reference point, velocity, speed (distance time) graphs, slope
If you like this activity, you can follow these links to other lessons and activities in my motion and forces units.
Motion PowerPoint Presentat
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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First Week of Physics | Back To School Bundle with Icebreakers
Perfect bundle for the first week of your physics class. This bundle includes differentiated syllabuses, icebreakers, math reviews, a student survey, pacing guides, lab safety guidelines, and a formula sheet. Additionally, we've added a day-by-day guide for the first week of school, so you know exactly what to do each day.Purpose:1) To encourage familiarity among students and between students and the teacher.2) To provide clear expectations for the course.3) To equip students with the skills to
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
HS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
Motion Review Worksheet: Speed Time Graphs
A nice, simple review of motion and interpreting speed-time graphs. I put together various different speed-time graphs to allow students practice in interpreting them. Great for middle school or introductory high school courses. I have included a key.
Main topics: speed, velocity, acceleration, speed vs. time graphs, slope
If you like this activity, you can follow these links to other lessons and activities in my motion and forces units.
Motion PowerPoint Presentation
Acceleration PowerP
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Inertia Lab: Testing Newtons First Law of Motion
Students always enjoy testing inertia. This activity takes students through three activities that demonstrate Newton's First Law of Motion. Students should notice that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Materials needed: coins or washers, beaker or cup, note card, toy car.
Main topics: inertia, Newton's First Law of Motion
Quick, easy, and effective in demonstrating inertia. Great for middle school or
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Speed and Velocity Review Worksheet
A nice, simple review of motion, speed, velocity, and acceleration. Students will practice calculating speed, velocity, and acceleration from questions, pictures and graphs. Great for middle school or introductory high school courses. I have included a key.
Main topics: motion, speed, velocity, speed (distance time) graphs, slope, acceleration
If you like this activity, you can follow these links to other lessons and activities in my motion and forces units.
Motion PowerPoint Presentation
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Christmas Chemistry Color by Number - by Valence Electrons
Solve each chemical element for the number of valence electrons indicated by its atomic mass and use that answer to determine the color of each section. For example hydrogen has 1 valence electron so wherever you see "H" use the number color 1 which is yellow.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
CAN/CUP PHONE SOUND WAVE LAB
Remember making a phone by connecting two cans with a string, and talking through them? This project is an excellent opportunity to teach how sound travels through matter. Cans may be used, but large plastic cups work better. Paper cups are another option. Have string, fishing line, and wire available to use, adding variables to the lab. The kids will have great fun while learning about sound waves. The step-by-step worksheet includes desired learner outcomes and sound activity background. There
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Forces Review Worksheet: Identifying Forces
In this review worksheet of forces, students will identify what happens when more than one force is acting on an object. Students will calculate the net force and determine the direction and magnitude of the net force. This will also review balanced and unbalanced forces.
Good practice in reviewing basics in forces. Great for middle school or introductory high school courses. I have included a key.
Main topics: forces, net force, balanced forces, unbalanced forces
If you like this activit
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Chernobyl Miniseries Episode 1 Worksheet with Discussion Questions and Answers
Based upon the critically-acclaimed Chernobyl miniseries from HBO, this video guide accompanies episode 1 of the 5 part drama. The film is a painstakingly accurate account of the worst nuclear accident in human history. This lesson plan can be used in a physics class for topics of nuclear chemistry, world history class for historical discussions of the accident and the Soviet Union/Ukraine during the cold war, environmental science class for the effects of the accident on the environment, or a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Chernobyl Miniseries Episodes 1 through 5
Calculating and Graphing Speed: Marble Racing Experiment!
A simple lab to test how the speed of a marble changes as the height/slope of a ramp is increased. As students raise the ramp, they will notice the speed of the marble increases. Students will need to calculate their results, create a distance-time graph to represent their data, and write a conclusion of their results.
Materials needed: marble (or ball), stop watch, ramp (I use Hot Wheels track), meter stick.
Main topics: calculating speed, graphing distance vs. time, interpreting graph an
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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PBS The Mystery of Matter Search for the Elements, Part 2 Movie Guide Questions
Movie guide questions for the PBS special called The Mystery of Matter, Search for the Elements Part 2: Unruly Elements.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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PBS The Mystery of Matter, Search for the Elements Part 3 Movie Guide Questions
Movie guide questions for the PBS special called The Mystery of Matter, Search for the Elements Part 3: Into the Atom.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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PBS "Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail" Part 2 Worksheet
This is a worksheet made to be used while students watch the special available from www.pbs.org
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Balloon Powered Race Cars
This is a classroom favorite. Students will design and build racecars from milk cartons, push-up pop wheels and power them with balloons. Helps demonstrate all of Newton's Laws of Motion (inertia, a = f/m, action-reaction).
Materials needed: milk cartons, straws, push-up pop stems (or other wheels), balloons, stop watch.
Main topics: force, mass, acceleration, Newton's Laws of Motion, experimental design.
Quick, easy, and effective in demonstrating Newton's Laws of Motion. It will take
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Simple Machines - Ramp Lab
This is a "low budget" simple machines lab that focuses on the Inclined Plane. Students will compare the advantage and efficiency of a shallow plane against a steeper plane. I use this lab with my freshman general science classes and junior conceptual physics classes after working through the Simple Machines notes and practice problems. It can take students anywhere from half an hour to a full "block" (in my school, 80 minutes). It is intended for students who are in pre-algebra or algebra 1
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Lab Bundle
Momentum - Intro Practice Problems
These are some intro practice problems in the topic of momentum. As with my other worksheets, this one includes guidelines to help the students organize their work.
This is meant for a younger, introductory class. The math-level of the problems is for students who are either in pre-algebra or algebra 1.
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7th - 9th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Momentum & Impulse Bundle
PBS "Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail" Part 1 Worksheet
This is a worksheet made to be used while students watch the special available from www.pbs.org
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Changing Speed: Coffee Filter Racing Experiment!
A simple lab to test how the speed of dropped coffee filters changes as the height is increased. As students raise the height of the filters, speed will increase (up to a point, known as terminal velocity), where after the speed will remain constant. Students will need to calculate their results, create a distance-time graph and a speed-time graph to represent their data, and write a conclusion of their results.
Materials needed: coffee filters, stop watch, meter stick.
Main topics: calcul
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Bowling for Forces: Testing Newtons Second Law
This activity helps demonstrate Newton's Second Law of Motion, Force equals mass X acceleration. After making some predictions, students will go outside and roll balls of different masses (slowly and quickly) and calculate the net force used to do so.
Materials needed: various athletic balls (basketball, softball, golf ball, etc.), stop watch
Main topics: force, mass, acceleration, Newton's Second Law of Motion
Quick, easy, and effective in demonstrating force = mass x acceleration. Gre
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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NOVA: Ultimate Space Telescope Documentary Questions
Need emergency sub plans? This documentary question sheet follows along with the NOVA show Ultimate Space Telescope. It includes 17 questions and a teacher key.Synopsis of show:https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/ultimate-space-telescope/How did NASA engineers build and launch the most ambitious telescope of all time? Follow the dramatic story of the James Webb Space Telescope—the most complex machine ever launched into space. If it works, scientists believe that this new eye on the universe wil
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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SOLAR ECLIPSES: A STEM KNOWLEDGE INDEPENDENT RESEARCH BOOKLET GRS.6-9, MG
This is an independent research activity booklet about solar eclipses. It provides a variety of activities: vocabulary segment, writing prompt, science fiction prompt, a quiz, an art activity, a word jumble, etc. Knowledge is power. Solar Eclipses are spectacular events in the celestial sky. In ancient times people often thought that eclipses were demonstrations of God's anger about mankind's behavior.Excelsior!
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6th - 9th, Adult Education, Staff
Hands on Approach to Learning Arduino
Hand this workbook directly to your students and watch them discover Arduino...Hand this workbook directly to your students and watch them discover Arduino,learn C++ and get invested in the world of Electrical Engineering. Purchase the Teacher Edition to obtain Sample answers to all the challenges and research questions.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
Also included in:Â Hands on Approach to Learning and Teaching Arduino-Bundle
Electrical Circuits Word Search
Here is a word search on electrical circuits which might be helpful. Word bank includes:Analog, Ammeter, Ampere, Battery, Bread Board, Capacitor, Charge, Chip, Circuit Breaker, Closed Circuit, Conductor, Current, Diode, Integrated Circuit, Filament, Fuse, Generator, Ground, Kilowatts, Load, Multimeter, Ohms, Parallel Circuit, Power, Resistors, Schematic, Short Circuit, Silicon, Series, Solder, Solid State, Switch, Voltage and Watts.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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