Lesson
Grades: 5
Forces & Motion
Learn about Newton's second law of motion. When force is applied to an object, the result is a change in velocity. Either the object's speed and/or the direction changes.
Recycling and Energy | VirtualSC Energy
Video
Grades: 6 9 10 11 12
This lesson explores the connections between energy and recycling. Topics covered in this lesson include types of energy, thermal units, energy costs, and benefits of recycling.
Surface Tension | Carolina Classrooms
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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education
Bill Austin, assistant principal at Oakland Primary School in Sumter, uses a balloon and a skewer to demonstrate surface tension.
Making Inferences & Newton’s Laws of Motion
Lesson
Grades: 8, 10, 11
Students will make inferences based on their knowledge of Newton’s laws.
Engineering Catapults
Lesson
Grades: 1
The students will be able to: - Describe and Predict -Design a catapult with the given materials to explore their predictions - Test their predictions using the catapult that they created while...
Kennedy Space Center, Part 1 | Project Discovery 1
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1
Video
Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Jim Gerard, an aerospace education specialists at Kennedy Space Center, discusses the astronauts becoming weightless and demonstrates a ball that, when dropped, alarms as it falls and is momentarily...
Roaring Rockets
Lesson
Grades: 5, 8
In this lesson, students will learn a brief history of rockets, rocket design, and build and test a foam rocket. This lesson can be used in a larger Force and Motion Unit.
Slide, Slide to the Finish Line
Lesson
Grades: 2
Students will investigate friction by a) using inquiry to make observations about particular surfaces, receiving direct instruction related to the inquiry activity, and then by conducting an...