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In this activity, students design a vehicle that successfully lands an egg dropped from a height of two meters. They use force plates, motion detector...
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In this activity, students use mathematical models to create solutions for a successful bungee cord for different conditions. This selection highlight...
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In this activity, students design a wearable and usable insulating glove that can slow the temperature drop that occurs when it is placed in ice water...
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In this activity, students analyze and predict behaviors of a designed system using Coffee Joulies. They use graphic models to explain and communicate...
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Pendulums—And the Beat Goes On
In this activity, students build a pendulum that acts as a metronome to keep pace with the beat of a song. This selection highlights the physics conce...
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In this activity, students design a board game that uses mirrors and lenses and demonstrates students’ understanding of optics concepts. This select...
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In this activity, students build a functioning speaker using common household items. The winning speaker is determined by both the volume of sound and...
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In this activity, students design school spirit memorabilia using at least three LEDs, a battery, and a switch. This selection highlights the physics ...
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Lights Out! Zombie Apocalypse Flashlight
In this activity, students use some simple household items to design a working flashlight that can be operated with one hand. This selection highlight...
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In this activity, students read an article about using magnets to influence the behavior of bees, and then consider the physics principles for this �...
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Newton’s Third Law Paper Trampoline
In this activity, students learn about Newton’s third law by testing fabrics and other materials for a trampoline designed to provide the highest po...
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In this lesson, students learn the distinction between nonrenewable and renewable sources of energy, recognizing that wind energy is one of the primar...
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In this lesson, students make connections between the geography of the United States and the availability of wind resources. They explore the scientif...
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In this lesson, students investigate the economics of wind farms, their environmental impacts, and wind turbine blade design. Students consider the ad...
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This lesson’s activity is the Wind Farm Challenge. In this lesson, each student team creates a proposal for a wind farm designed to convince the loc...