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Physics simulations for homeschool
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Electric Circuits, Resistors in Series & Parallel
Using this electric circuits PhET guided inquiry lab your students will gain an in depth understanding of the difference between resistors in series circuits and resistors in parallel circuits. I have done these activities with my students many times and they always find them fun and engaging. The best part is that your students won't even know they are learning as they complete the included inquiry-based laboratory assignment sheet. The PhET Circuit Construction Kit: DC simulation can be found
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Electric Circuits Bundle No. 1: Resistors in Series and Parallel
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Geometric Optics, Lenses and Mirrors
In this guided inquiry two part PhET lab your students will investigate how an image is formed by four different optical instruments: a convex lens, a concave lens, a convex mirror and a concave mirror. In Part 1 students will investigate (1) how the characteristics of the image change as the object is brought closer to each of the lenses and mirrors, (2) the similarities and differences in image formation for each of the lenses and mirrors and (3) the meaning of the points F and 2F for the conv
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Optics Complete Unit Bundle
Newton’s Laws of Motion Bundle: Three PhET Online Labs
This bundle contains three of my popular PhET Interactive Simulation online physics labs. The online labs included in this bundle cover forces and motion as they relate to Newton’s laws of motion. (1) PhET Simulation: Forces and Motion Online Lab(2) PhET Simulation: Newton’s Laws of Motion Online Lab(3) PhET Simulation: Force of Friction Online Lab In the Forces and Motion Online Lab your students will investigate different force scenarios and how they affect the motion of objects. In Newton’s L
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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4th Grade Science Light and Sound (NGSS Aligned)
This comprehensive unit introduces students to wave energy in the form of light and sound. The unit begins with lessons relating to waves. Many hands on opportunities help students develop a strong understanding of necessary concepts. This unit was designed to address several standards in the NGSS fourth grade curriculum: 4-PS3-2, 4-PS4-1, 4-PS4-2, and 4-LS1-2. This unit is appropriate for grades 3-5If you are looking for a digital version of this product click here.Here's a list of all th
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3rd - 5th
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4-PS4-2
, 4-LS1-2
, 4-PS4-1
, 4-PS4-3
Also included in: Custom Bundle: Ohio 5th Grade Science
Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
These PhET online physics and chemistry labs will engage your students in an exciting hands-on learning experience. Each lab activity covers a specific topic from the factors affecting the period of a pendulum to the velocity and acceleration of objects experiencing projectile motion. All have been classroom tested by me during my 20+ years of teaching experience. Your students will love learning with PhET interactive simulations. These web-based lab activities are available as editable PDF file
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Density PhET Lab | Mystery Blocks | Self-Grading Google Form & Virtual Lab Guide
This is a self-grading, guided virtual lab that explores the relationships of volume, mass, and density using the simulation, Density Lab: Mystery Blocks by PhET! Students are challenged to identify the unknown material of mystery blocks by calculating their density to compare with the known materials in the Density Table. Students follow step-by-step instructions in the google form while tinkering with the simulation, manipulating the variables, making observations, and recording qualitative/qu
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6th - 9th
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MS-PS1-2
PhET Simulation Online Lab: States of Matter
In this guided inquiry PhET online lab your students will investigate the three states of matter: solids, liquids and gases. By the end of this online lab students will be able to (1) describe the characteristics of the three states of matter, (2) compare the motion of the particles in the three different phases, (3) explain how to change the state of a material and be able to name the six different phase changes (4) understand that different substances have different melting and boiling tempera
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
Energy Skate Park PhET - Google Form Worksheet (distance learning)
This Energy Skate Park PhET - Google Form Worksheet is used to guide and assess students as they learn about the conservation of energy. Students will experiment with the PhET simulation and see the relationship between kinetic, potential, thermal, and total energy in a system. Students experiment with a frictionless environment as well as an environment with friction. At the end, students can play with the simulation to create their own skate park. The Energy Skate Park PhET - Google Form Works
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7th - 10th
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MS-PS3-4
, HS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-3
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Coulomb's Law
This engaging inquiry based PhET lab activity will guide your students to an understanding of Coulomb’s law as they learn what factors affect the force between two charged particles. This online lab is intended to be used with the Coulomb’s Law HTML5 Simulation from PhET interactive simulations. The link for the simulation is: https://tinyurl.com/2x5jzzcb In the first activity students will learn how to determine the direction of the force between two charged particles. In the second activity st
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
Optics Bundle Reflection and Refraction: Three PhET Online Labs
This bundle contains three of my popular PhET Interactive Simulation online optics physics labs. The online labs that are included cover reflection and refraction of light, index of refraction, Snell’s law and drawing diagrams for lenses and mirrors. The labs included in this bundle are:(1) PhET Simulation: Refraction of Light(2) PhET Simulation: Snell’s Law(3) PhET Simulation: Geometric Optics, Lenses and Mirrors In the Refraction of Light lab your students will investigate how light is bent at
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Investigate Newton's 2nd Law of Motion with PHET Collision virtual lab model
Students investigate Newton's Second Law of Motion using a computer model from the University of Colorado PHET. This simulation allows students to change the mass of objects that collide. This activity can be used as an activator to build knowledge for concepts in physics, physical science, momentum, forces, and F=MA. Students write an open response, using a claim - evidence - reasoning (CER) template. This is an editable .rtf file. You can upload it to Google Docs and share it through Google Cl
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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PhET Thermal Energy & Specific Heat
Made For Distance Learning:This lab is 1 of a set of 20 physics and chemistry labs, which was made to pair with freePhET online simulations, which allow hands on engagement in a distance learning setting. Chromebook, tablet, and smartphone accessible. Simply upload to google classroom. Make a student copy and let students fill in. Answer Key Included (So copy paste in a safe space :)-------Lab Objective: Students will analyze cold v hot as the amount of thermal energy in an object. Students will
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9th - 11th
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NGSS:
HS-PS3-4
Gravitation Bundle: Newton’s Law, Satellite Motion and Kepler’s Laws
Looking for a great resource for teaching all the important topics in gravitation and planetary motion? This comprehensive physics bundle contains everything you need for your students to understand Newton’s law of universal gravitation, satellite motion and Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. This money saving bundle contains the following products:(1) Gravitation: Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation(2) Gravitation: Satellite Motion(3) Gravitation: Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion(4) PhET On
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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PhET Simulation Online Lab: Force of Friction
The goal of this PhET online lab activity is for your students to gain a deeper understanding of static and kinetic friction forces, Newton’s laws of motion and how to determine the coefficients of static and kinetic friction. This activity includes collecting data about frictional forces, graphing the data and analysis of the graph to determine the coefficients of friction. This web based lab is available as a PDF file that can be completed by distance learners. This online lab activity uses th
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Newton’s Laws of Motion Bundle: Three PhET Online Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Energy Skate Park, Conservation of Energy
Using this PhET online lab activity your students will gain a complete understanding of the law of conservation of energy and the relationship between potential, kinetic and total energy as the skater moves along the skate ramp. I have done this activity with my students many times and they always find it fun and engaging. The best part is that your students won't even know they are learning as they complete the included laboratory assignment sheet. This inquiry-based lab activity uses the Energ
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
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[Springs] Simple Harmonic Motion (Phet Simulation) | Physics
This is a simple inquiry-based lab that I love to give students as an intro to Simple Harmonic Motion and springs. Students will figure out for themselves what the period of a spring is dependent upon. They will get the basic idea of springs and oscillations, through creating experiments on their own. Everything is fully editable. Students will:- Learn through play- Have guided questions to direct learning- Discuss and Hypothesize- Come up with Conclusions- Be a part of real-world applications f
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6th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-PS4-1
Also included in: HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS | Entire Year Lab Bundle | NGSS Curriculum
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Forces & Motion
Looking for a great activity to start your unit on Newton’s laws of motion? Don’t want to give a big lecture or start with a bunch of mathematical calculations? Students love PhET Interactive Simulations and this guided inquiry activity on forces and motion is a great way to get started. Have fun and learn at the same time.I find this to be a great guided inquiry activity that will work well for students from middle school through high school. This activity will guide students as they investigat
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Newton’s Laws of Motion Bundle: Three PhET Online Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
Using the Collisions PhET online simulation your students will (1) apply the laws of conservation of energy and momentum to characterize the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions, (2) determine the changes in kinetic energy when energy is not conserved, (3) explain why energy is not conserved in some collisions, (4) draw before and after pictures of collisions and (5) investigate five special cases for elastic and inelastic collisions.This online lab activity uses the Collisions HT
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Newton's Laws of Motion
The primary goal of this PhET lab activity is for your students to gain a deeper understanding of Newton’s first and second laws of motion. This is a great guided inquiry activity for investigating acceleration, balanced and unbalanced forces, and their effect on the motion of objects. After completion of this activity your students will be ready to start quantitative analysis of the motion of objects using Newton’s second law equation, F = m • a. I use this activity after my students have compl
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Newton’s Laws of Motion Bundle: Three PhET Online Labs
PhET Radioactive Dating Game Lab
This lab is designed to augment one of the terrific physics and chemistry demos provided by the PhET Interactive Simulations Internet site of the University of Colorado at Boulder (https://phet.colorado.edu/). The Radioactive Dating Game introduces the concept of radioactive decay and its use in dating once-living and inanimate earth material. The demo simulates the radioactive decay of carbon-14 and uranium-238 into their respective daughter products. The demo is divided into four sections:Half
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9th - 12th
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PhET Simulation Online Lab: Density
In this guided inquiry PhET online lab your students will investigate the physical properties of a material that determine its density. By the end of this online lab students will be able to (1) determine the volume of an object using the displacement method, (2) calculate the density of an object, (3) explain how changing the mass or volume of an object affects its density, (4) explain why an object floats or sinks in a liquid and (5) determine the relative density of objects from their masses
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Density Exploration Bundle
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Wave Interference
This PhET Wave Interference online lab provides an excellent opportunity for your students to experiment with waves and their interactions. Students will investigate the relationship between the wavelength and frequency of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and calculate the speed of light using the simulation. Next, they will experiment with diffraction, wave interference and the factors that affect the fringe pattern that occurs when light waves pass through single and double
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Physics Phet Simulation Bundle (Inquiry Based)
These are 10 simple inquiry-based labs that I love to give students as an intro to different physics chapters. Students will figure out for themselves conceptual problems in different chapters. They will get the basic idea of the physical laws of each chapter while discovering mind-blowing concepts that can easily be discovered through a simulation. Everything is fully editable. Students will:- Learn through play- Have guided questions to direct learning- Discuss and Hypothesize- Come up with Co
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Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
NGSS:
HS-PS2-5
, HS-PS2-2
, HS-PS3-1
, HS-PS2-1
, HS-PS4-1
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Stringing Blood Spatter Lab Activity Group
FINALLY! A blood spatter activity that allows students to go through the steps of STRINGING BLOOD SPATTER. This activity will allow students to analyze a medium-velocity impact spatter pattern in order to determine both the point of convergence and the distance of impact.This activty is a great follow-up after they have investigated different spatter patterns: passive drops, medium-velocity impact, high-velocity impact, etc. I have been teaching forensic science at the middle school level since
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7th - 12th
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