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12th grade physics resources for Microsoft Word
Rube Goldberg simple machine project
This is a 2 page description/procedure/rubric for a Rube Goldberg project. I gave my class 2 full weeks to work on this. They are provided with minimal materials, the rest is gathered from home (recyclable materials, toys, etc..). A PowerPoint presenation accompanies the Rube Goldberg machine. My students LOVED doing this and they learned a lot about simple machines as well.
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5th - 12th
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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Designing a Roller Coaster using the Law of Conservation of Energy
In this great hands on activity students will need to follow the Law of Conservation of Energy to create blueprints to their own roller coaster. The students will need to calculate the over all mass, height, PE and KE of their roller coaster at various spots long it's path while keeping in mind their linear blueprints must be to scale, in color and very accurate. This document has everything you need to help your students master these skills. All you need to do is help your students bring the
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8th - 12th
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Mythbusters Breaking Glass Episode Mechanical Waves Worksheet Movie Guide (+Key)
*** Currently looking for link to free video for you ***- Comes with Complete Teacher Key- No Prep, just copy!- 11 Short Answer Questions - 50 Min Mythbusters Episode covering Mechanical Waves called 'Breaking Glass'- Could be done along with the video, or given as an assessment afterwards. - 'Real World' example of Mechanical Waves for students
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7th - 12th
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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Electricity 5E Lab using Kill-A-Watt Meters for APES, Physics
This 5E uses Kill-A-Watt meters and various appliances. Lab data takes 45-60 minutes. Questions and graphing take another 60 minutes. More math and analysis is provided for further extension.Students find this lab VERY engaging as they discover what uses a lot of electricity. Pictures of this lab and hints can be found here: https://teachingapscience.com/electricity-lab-using-kill-watt-meters/This is a great lab for physics, AP physics, AP Environmental Science, Environmental Science, and phy
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Unit 6: Energy Bundle for AP Environmental Science
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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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
Entire AP Physics 2 Curriculum- Notes, Practices, and Video Lectures!
This bundle includes:Scaffolded Lecture Notes- designed to have space to write and annotate as the teacher lectures, writing along with the students as they go. These are developed from the Course and Exam Description, the Cutnell-Johnson textbook, AP Physics 2 prep books, Bigler Notes, and more to teach the content in a concise, straightforward, and effective manner.Practice Worksheets + KEYs- For each lecture, a matching practice where students extend and practice their skills in both AP level
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10th - 12th
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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Physics: Simple Machines - Marshmallow Lever Lab
This lab uses ordinary objects to construct levers. Students measure success and accuracy. This lab also allows students to try to hit the teacher with the marshmallows using the levers. The students love it!
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7th - 12th
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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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Grant: Winning Proposal for LEGO Mindstorm Robotics Kits
This is a winning grant proposal to purchase LEGO Mindstorm Invention System robotics kits to use for science, physics, technology and engineering activities. A state electrical cooperation awarded $1500.00 for this grant in 2002. This proposal is customizable and can be adjusted to compensate for the variations in prices and costs of the equipment so please adjust this grant as you see necessary to meet your project needs. The customizable parts of this proposal are highlighted in yellow. The R
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4th - 12th
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
Noise Pollution and Decibels Experimental Design Lab. Distance Learning
This lab can be done in person or distance learning using student smart phones or Chromebooks.Any decibel app or Chrome extension works and a free recommended one is provided. This lab is perfect for Unit 7 of AP Environmental Science, but can be adapted for sound and decibel study in Physics and marine sound pollution/echolocation in Marine Science classes. Students can work in groups to develop a question, measure decibels at school or their homes and combine data, or they can do this individ
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Unit 7 Bundle for AP Environmental Science
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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STEM Project, Making a Catapult: Force, Work, Power and Energy
This is an exciting, hands-on STEM project in which students make small catapults with classroom supplies and collect data to calculate force, work, power, momentum and kinetic energy. At the end of the project the class can set up and compete in mini battles with their catapults in whatever type of games you want to come up with. Some game suggestions are given.
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9th - 12th
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HS-PS3-2
, HS-PS3-1
, HS-PS3-3
Gravity Lab: Proving Acceleration due to Gravity is 9.8m/s^2
In this hands on, interactive lab the students will be attempting to prove that the acceleration due to gravity on earth is 9.8m/s^2. Everything you need for the lab is here except for some of the hands on materials. My kids love this lab every year and I usually give a treat or extra credit to the lab group that can get closest to expected outcome.The lab also helps prove to the students that mass doesn't matter, and all objects will fall to the earth at the same rate (when removing air resis
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5th - 12th
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Levers Worksheet: What Type of Lever is it? - Simple Machines
Levers: What Type of Lever is This? Worksheet - Simple Machines, students identify whether the lever is a class 1, class 2 or class 3 lever.
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5th - 12th
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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: Chernobyl Miniseries Episodes 1 through 5
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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Bill Nye Electrical Current Video Questions
This 17 question video guide with teacher key goes with the Bill Nye Electrical Current Video or DVD. This video covers electrons, circuits, AC and DC currents, conductors, resistors, volts, watts, and amps. This could be used in a general science, physical science or basic physics classroom. You will need to have the video or DVD in order to use this product.
Having students take notes during a video increases their retention from the video and gives them something to take home and study.
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4th - 12th
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Roller Coaster Extravaganza Project - Engineering, Physics, Forces, Energy
In this 9-day-long project, students work as a team to construct a large roller coaster out of foam pipe insulationThe project progresses through multiple stages:-Small-scale testing-Designing the full scale coaster (on paper), based on the testing-Creating a prototype full-scale coaster based on their design-Tweaking the design to overcome flaws and challenges-Creating an "advertisement" type poster for their coaster-Creating a written set of 'reflection' questions about the process-Building an
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7th - 12th
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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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