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Rocket Launch
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Engineering & Design, Science, Earth & Space Science, PhysicsIn this Science NetLinks lesson, students explore design considerations of model rockets. They consider how model rockets are si...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Learning about Properties of Vectors and Vector Sums Using Dynamic Software
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Number SenseIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students extend their knowledge of number systems to the system of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Coin Flick
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Physics, ScienceIn this activity, from the Aeronautics Internet Textbook, students will use rulers, coins, and modeling clay to experiment with ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Rocket Boat
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Career & Technical Ed, Engineering & Design, Science, PhysicsIn this lesson, from The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook, students will explore how exhaust in a rocket boat pushing out the b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Galileo Games
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Science, History-Social Science, Physics, PhilosophyIn this PBS interactive activity, students conduct three gravity experiments that touch on themes explored by Galileo. Extensive...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Newton's Laws: Elephant and Feather - Air Resistance
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, ScienceThis tool, reviewed by Science NetLinks, is a demonstration and explanation of falling objects in the presence of air resistance...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Newton's Laws: Elephant and Feather - Free Fall
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, ScienceThis tool, reviewed by Science NetLinks, is a demonstration and explanation of free fall. It demonstrates that in the absence of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Science of Big Waves
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: PhysicsWhere do ocean waves come from? Find out how are they generated, how they gain speed, move and what makes one wave bigger then t...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0The Physics of Sailing
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: PhysicsWe know that a sailboat can travel with the wind, but what really makes a sailboat move? Hop aboard a sailboat in San Francisco ...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0Out of the Park: The Physics of Baseball
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: PhysicsAt UC Berkeley, a team of undergrads is experimenting with velocity, force, and aerodynamics. But you won't find them in a lab--...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0QUEST Lab: Newton's Laws of Motion
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: PhysicsWhat causes an object in motion to change course or stop moving? What happens to an object at rest if you leave it alone? Find o...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0It Really is Rocket Science Part 2
Grades: 8 to 10Subjects: No subjects selected.Students continue to explore the concept of gravity by experimenting with air resistance. Galileo's famous, if only apocryphal, ...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0