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Physics simulations for Microsoft Word and for Gifted and Talented
Earthquake Jello Lab Activity STEM
This lab or activity is a hands-on and collaborative learning lesson that incorporates the following:
STEM
Earthquakes
Geology
Engineering
Design
Real-World Connections
Problem Solving
Inferencing and Predicting
Materials: this handout, mini-marshmellows, toothpicks, jello
Overview: Students will work together to tackle a real-world problem: engineers are constantly working to design and build buildings that can survive the impact of serious earthquakes. I show students some videos and picture
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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CCSS:
PhET Forces and Motion Webquest
Access a free PhET simulation and allow students to work independently in discovering the effects of forces on objects.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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PhET Simulation: Collision Lab - Data Taking/Short Conservation of Momentum Lab
Free Resource: Worksheet - PhET Simulation: Collision Lab - Data TakingThis is a short worksheet for the "Collision Lab - Intro" simulation on the phET simulation website. No answers provided to the worksheet. This is intended to be a quick distance learning lab that the students can use to verify that momentum before a collision is equal to the momentum after a collision!Simulation Link: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/collision-lab/latest/collision-lab_all.htmlLab Help Video: A video walk
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Grades:
8th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-PS2-2
Ice Breaker- Deserted Island
This activity is used as a collaboration, critical thinking, get-to-know-you, and/or problem solving activity.
For the activity students are deserted on an island left only with the given list of items. The students must follow the listed perimeters and use only the listed items (and their byproducts) to survive and escape using reasonable means.
Your students will impress you with their critical thinking skills and ability to find a way to survive under purposefully complex and difficult ci
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Sound Waves Online Lab
Student will use the free PHET SOUND online simulation to learn about the properties of waves. This is a word document editable lab sheet for students to guide them through the simulation. Includes teacher answer key.
PHET Sound: Students will learn about frequency, amplitude, how to calculate the speed of sound, and sound waves.
MS-PS4-1
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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Food Truck Project Simulation - STEM Economics and Design
Food Truck Project may be used alternately as an independent study, for small groups, or engage the entire class in a cross-curricular simulation. All instructions are written so that students working independently may take direction on their own with minimal teacher support. Teacher notes are provided to support teachers in guiding students when needed. The Food Truck Project is presented as a series of sub-units, best used in the order they appear, but adjustable to time available by selective
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
Also included in:Â SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
Severe Weather Public Service Announcement PBL
In this fun, interactive PBL students choose a destination somewhere around the world to "travel to." The learners research the location's climate and weather data and then focus on what types of severe weather (hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes, etc.) are encountered in that area. Students then create a PSA (Public Service Announcement) to help inform citizens of their location on how to prepare for this type of severe weather. Students choose from a menu of delivery options on how to present th
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Animal Shelter Business Development Simulation (Gifted 3-5)
This activity set was designed for use in a third through fifth grade gifted resource room. Students research, design, and plan for an animal shelter to house 10 dogs that are randomly assigned. Using these dogs students:
<>complete a research matrix on common dog breeds.
<>design a "blueprint" for the animal shelter using graph paper, measurements, and requirements. (Because this is usually the first simulation I use each year, the measurements are kept to squares.)
<>figur
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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PhET Lab: Static Electricity
Students follow a link to the PhET website where they can see electrons transfer to a balloon from a sweater when rubbed; they then delve into what static electricity and how positive and negative charges interact. Feel free to change the link to not include my last name :)
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Grades:
6th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-PS2-4
PhET Simulation - Forces and Motion: Basics
This is an worksheet to accompany the PhET multimedia activity Forces and Motion: Basics. It is two full pages of questions for students to answer as they interact with the simulation. It will fill the majority of a one-hour period.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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PhET Simulation Worksheet - Forces and Motion: Friction and Net Force
Students will complete the "Forces and Motion" simulation on the PhET WebsiteForces and Motion SimulationStudents will be able to distinguish between static and kinetic friction.Students will be able to calculate static and kinetic friction.Students can define a "Normal" ForceStudents self assess their lab work (helps with grading)Free Product: I also updated this directly to the Phet simulation website. Feel free to modify/redistributeList Mr. Mellor as a collaborator if you do soIf you like it
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-PS2-1
Horizontal Projectile Motion PHET Simulation
This assignment helps walk students through conceptual and mathematical understanding of horizontal projectiles. The students will use the PHET simulation to help check their answers and visually see the projectile's motion. Enjoy, and I hope this helps your class! You can print this out or upload it to your website for students to type in their answers.
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Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
PHET Physics Lab Activity Magnetism
Inquiry-based lab activity that requires use of the PHET simulations (free online). This worksheet covers the topics of magnetic poles, Earth's magnetic field, and electro-magnetic induction (both ways).
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Grades:
9th - 12th
AP Physics Electromagnetism Online Lab
Looking for a fun way to get your students ready for the AP Physics exam or reviewing electromagnetism for a STEM class? Tired of all the practice problems in your textbook? Look no further for this online lab that should help ensure that your students have mastered the skills related to magnetism. Given the descriptive nature of these questions that are open ended, students will have an opportunity to practice for the AP Physics exam with this assignment. This is a great standalone item on thos
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Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Waves Lab (PhET Simulation Lab Worksheet)
This three page worksheet guides your students to explore the PhET Waves on a String simulation to understand basic wave properties, such as transverse vs longitudinal waves, amplitude, frequency, wave speed, reflection, interference, etc. Students will need access to the internet to use the PhET simulation with this worksheet. The simulation is available in html5, so it should work on any device. Before you purchase this lab worksheet, please verify the PhET simulation works for your situation.
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Grades:
8th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-PS4-1
, MS-PS4-2
, HS-PS4-1
Roller Coaster Investigation Handout - Kinetic and Potential Energy Analysis
This scientific investigation is geared toward a high school level investigation the of conservation of mechanical energy (Kinetic and Potential Energy), using relatively simple materials (plastic or foam tubing, marbles, stopwatches, tape). Students love creating the roller coasters and observing this relatively simple phenomena. They learn that the total energy in the system is equal to the sum of Potential and Kinetic Energy, and that energy is conserved in this system if you factor in fric
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Grades:
9th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-PS3-2
, HS-PS3-1
, HS-PS3-3
PhET Simulation Online Physics Lab: Collisions
This is experiment 8 in my Physics 1 online lab curriculum. It goes over elastic, inelastic, partial elastic, and 2D elastic collisions. It requires students to use simulations to find velocities before and after collisions, and calculate momentum and energy before and after collision. The goal is to show students in which cases momentum and energy are conserved. The lab includes a comparison of relative velocities and shows how in perfectly elastic collisions, the relative velocity before colli
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Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Physics 1 Online Lab Curriculum
Forces and Motion Basics (Newton’s 2nd Law): - A PhET Virtual Lab
This is an NGSS investigation lab for Newton's Second Law (HS-PS2-1). It was designed to work in conjunction with a physical lab. Students can do either this lab first or second after the physical lab. It can also be used as a stand-alone investigation lab for Newton's Second Law in non-NGSS science classes. This investigation uses PhET website virtual lab simulations and goes along with the virtual lab. The write-up covers concepts of Net force, acceleration, and mass. The lab covers idea
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Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
NGSS:
HS-PS2-1
Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab -- Computer Simulation
Using the computer simulation PhET Interactive Simulations website, students learn about magnets, magnetic domains, magnetic field, electromagnetic induction, electromagnet, and generator.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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Physical Science Balloon Rocket Experiment Lab - Newton's Laws
In order to fully grasp the laws of motion, students need to see them in action! However, students will be able to use Newton's second and third law of motion to explain the motion of a balloon rocket within the classroom. This is a formal lesson plan, suitable for observations. It includes Tennessee state standards.
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Grades:
4th - 10th
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PHET Physics Simulation Lab Electricity
Inquiry-based activity that uses free simulations from PHET online. Topics covered by this worksheet include electrostatics, conservation of charge, electric dipoles, and electric fields. Additional questions allow for an internet search of topics that may be deeper than what is required of a student in entry-level physics but will give a better understanding of why.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
PhET Simulation Online Physics Lab: Kirchoff's Laws
This is the sixth lab in my Physics 2 Online Lab curriculum. It covers Kirchoffs Voltage Law, Kirchoffs Current Law, and applying Kirchoff's laws. There are 4 parts to the lab that entail gathering data on voltage and current via simulation, and comparing them with percent error to calculated (theoretical) values. I did this is in groups of 4 students each.
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Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Physics 2 Online Lab Curriculum
PhET Online Simulation Physics Lab: Simple Harmonic Motion
This is the twelfth lab in my Physics 1 online lab curriculum. The lab is a study of a mass on a vertical spring. It consists of two main parts. The first part requires students to find the spring constant through measuring period (simple harmonic motion). The second part requires students to find the spring constant through measuring displacement from equilibrium (hookes law). Both parts require access to the simulation and to excel/google sheets for linear regression analysis. I did this lab i
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Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Physics 1 Online Lab Curriculum
PhET Simulation Online Physics Lab: Newtons Second Law
This is the sixth experiment in my Physics 1 Online Lab curriculum. It can be done fully in a virtual setting. It requires access to excel/google sheets, the internet (for Phet simulations), as well as taking pictures of drawn free body diagrams. The lab consists of three main parts. Parts 1 and 2 focus on applying basic linear regression analysis to Newtons Second Law (aka graphing F = ma, with varying a few different things). Part 3 is an introduction to static and kinetic friction, and studen
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Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
Also included in:Â Physics 1 Online Lab Curriculum
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