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Students define and revise their understanding of force, rank the four fundamental forces by relative strength, solve numeric gravitational-force problems (Fg = mass x g), analyze contact vs. action-at-a-distance forces on everyday objects (a pen on a desk, cars, wheels), work through 'Check Your Understanding'…
In pairs/small groups, students rotate through 9 stations recording answers in a passport, including an applicability reading on momentum/impulse in a game of pool (billiards physics, elastic vs. inelastic collisions) with associated questions, a research station with an answer key, drawing/explaining tasks, a…
Watch/view a slide-based lesson (with linked videos) and fill in blanks on a student-copy slide deck and matching outline as key terms and explanations are presented; complete guided notes on light rays, geometric optics, transparent/translucent/opaque materials, and laser properties.
Students work in groups to plan, sketch, and build an egg-protection device from straws, paper, rubber bands, and tape within size constraints; test it by dropping it from 2 meters; then answer reflection and extension questions and present their design and results to the class.
Students follow a teacher slide presentation with fill-in-the-blank notes (student outline and student pptx), work through 'Check Your Understanding' problems on image location and magnification during class, then complete a 12-question Thin Lens Equation worksheet calculating image distance and image size/height for…
View/read an illustrated slide presentation covering soap bubble physics (surface tension, foam, Plateau's laws), mathematics (minimal surface, double bubble conjecture and its real-world engineering use), freezing behavior, and artistic/historical depictions; complete an accompanying study guide.
Rotate through 7 activity stations plus 2 rest stations in small groups: measure friction with a Newton scale, research heat shielding on spacecraft reentry, write an opinion paragraph on friction's advantages/disadvantages, read an informational article and answer questions, answer 5 multiple-choice knowledge…
A 1-2 day lesson package covering the physics and biology of hearing: frequencies, hearing loss causes/prevention, sound intensity, and ear anatomy.
Students draw free body diagrams for an object on a banked/inclined curve, apply Newton's Second Law and the centripetal acceleration equation, and determine mathematically whether the plaintiff or the defendant is at fault in a fictional lawsuit over a banked highway exit ramp.
Rotate through 9 stations in small groups: observe/draw a prism refracting light, research a real-world refraction phenomenon (mirage), write an opinion paragraph, read an article on Snell's Law and answer questions, watch an expert video and answer questions, answer multiple-choice knowledge-check questions with…
Complete worksheets on potential/kinetic energy, friction, gravity, and Newton's first law of motion; design and build a model roller-coaster in groups; write simple program instructions and a coding flowchart; research the history of amusement parks.
A physics lesson presentation teaching reflection, plane mirrors, the law of reflection, ray diagrams, lateral inversion, and describing images (SALT method).
Fill in guided-notes blanks while following a slideshow lesson, solve refraction/critical-angle practice problems, and complete an in-class lab.
Use a linked website (fourmilab.ch Yoursky) to look up the night sky on their birth date, calculate gravitational forces between themselves and two chosen planets, the earth and moon, and a lab partner, create a data table, draw a free body diagram with force vectors, rank the forces, and present findings as a poster.
Students build simple setups from household/classroom materials, make predictions, carry out the demonstration or mini-experiment, and record answers to explain the observed science phenomenon; some puzzlers can be extended into projects or reports.
Students work in groups to plan, sketch, and build an egg-protection device from straws, paper, rubber bands, and tape within size constraints; test it by dropping it from 2 meters; then answer reflection and extension questions and present their design and results to the class.
Renewable Energy Experiments & Design Challenge Pack