SUBJECT: SCIENCE - PHYSICS

UNIT: MOTION and FORCES

OVERVIEW:

In Team Rio's next science unit students will explore the following principles of physics (mechanics)

1. Speed

2. Mass

3. Acceleration

4. Momentum

5. Velocity

6. Force

*Students will also begin to investigate laws of motion developed by Isaac Newton.

Forces and Motion Classroom Site (Nice ideas and layout)

http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/judi/forces/forces.html

Forces & Motion - Principles of Aeronautics

Newton 's laws govern how airplanes, or any object, react when forces like lift and drag are applied to them. This section contains lessons that demonstrate Newton 's laws of motion in action.

http://wings.avkids.com/Curriculums/Forces_Motion/

Forces & Motion (Practical Physics)

Nice collection of information and experiments that classes can utilize to explore the concepts of force & motion.

www.practicalphysics.org/go/Topic_3.html

Lesson Plan Index (Society of Women Engineers)

www.swe.org/iac/LP/index.html

EdHelper Lessons and Lesson Materials

www.edhelper.com/Forces_and_Motion.htm

Some Nice Demonstrations (For Teachers)

www.physics.isu.edu/~shropshi/fmdesc.htm

BUILDING BIG - Forces Lab (PBS): Students can learn about squeezing, stretching, bending, sliding and twisting through visual tools that they can manipulate. The authors also provide information on loads, materials, and shapes. "Building Big" analyzes tunnels, bridges, domes, skyscrapers, and dams, and provides fact sheets about famous examples of these projects around the world.

www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/forces.html

Energy, Forces, and Motion

These pages are designed to help you with GCSE "Mechanics". This is the area of Physics that deals with forces, motion and the energies involved.

www.darvill.clara.net/enforcemot/

Force & Motion (ThinkQuest)

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215468/force_and_motion.htm

Forces & Motion : A good reading resource for understanding the basic principles and formulas related to forces and motion.

www.le.ac.uk/se/centres/sci/selfstudy/fam.htm

GCSE Resources : This site will help students understand the basic principals of GCSE (mechanics). It has nice simple descriptions that would be good lead-ins to topics of forces and motion. http://www.gcse.com/forces.htm

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzphysics.html

A nice selection of basic physics resources including links to information and activities relating to forces and motion.

www.mansfieldct.org/schools/mms/staff/hand/Lawsmotion.htm

A nice teacher created site covering principles of forces and motion.

Below are other sites that have information related to Forces & Motion:

http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/index.html

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics

http://www.jracademy.com/~jtucek/physics/physics.html

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzphysics.html

http://pdg.lbl.gov/~aerzber/aps_motion.html

http://physics.webplasma.com/physicstoc.html

http://www.michigan.gov/scope/0,1607,7-155-13515_13526_13529-36309--,00.html

http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/mechanics/forces/newton/newtonLaw2.html

http://swift.sonoma.edu/education/newton/newton_2/html/Newton2.html