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In this interactive activity from the American Museum of Natural History, users explore how the apparent motion of an object depends on the observer's frame of reference. An animation of a basketball player bouncing a ball shows how the perceived motion of the ball depends on your point of view.
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Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)
Forces and Motion (PS2.A)
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices (K-12)
Developing and Using Models (K-12)
AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)4. The Physical Setting
4F. Motion
10. Historical Perspectives
10A. Displacing the Earth from the Center of the Universe
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=9346">American Museum of Natural History. PBS Learning Media: Frames of Reference. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, March 31, 2013.</a>
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(WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2005), WWW Document, (https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.phys.fund.frameref/frames-of-reference/).
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PBS Learning Media: Frames of Reference (WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2005), <https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.phys.fund.frameref/frames-of-reference/>.
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PBS Learning Media: Frames of Reference. (2013, March 31). Retrieved April 25, 2024, from WGBH Educational Foundation: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.phys.fund.frameref/frames-of-reference/
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American Museum of Natural History. PBS Learning Media: Frames of Reference. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, March 31, 2013. https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.phys.fund.frameref/frames-of-reference/ (accessed 25 April 2024).
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PBS Learning Media: Frames of Reference. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2005. 31 Mar. 2013. American Museum of Natural History. 25 Apr. 2024 <https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.phys.fund.frameref/frames-of-reference/>.
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Title = {PBS Learning Media: Frames of Reference},
Publisher = {WGBH Educational Foundation},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {25 April 2024},
Month = {March 31, 2013},
Year = {2005}
}
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