Grades 6-8

Teaching Electricity in the Middle Grades ` - Mar 31, 2016

Electricity -- it can be both invisible and visible, both matter and energy, a type of wave made of protons or a force that cannot be seen. Help your students understand electricity more deeply with simulations, models, and animations.

Grades 8-10

Physics First: Heat and Temperature ` - Oct 31, 2015

Here are 20 of our favorite resources for teaching about heat and thermal physics in the Physics First or Grade 9 Physical Science classroom. Chock full of models, simulations, and interactives.

Grades 9-12

Electricity: Build Your Unit ` - Jun 5, 2015

Editors' top picks to build conceptual understanding of electricity, circuits, and current.

High School

Conceptual Physics: Build A Unit Electrostatics ` - Mar 7, 2015

Editors' top picks to build conceptual understanding of electrostatics, electric force, and electric field.

Algebra-Based Physics

Electric Circuits: Build Your Unit ` - Feb 1, 2015

This packaged mini-collection provides lessons, labs, simulations, models, and assessments for teaching a unit on electric circuits in algebra-based high school physics.

Grades 3-8

Heat & Temperature Units: Physical Science ` - Oct 3, 2014

Editors' top picks to build conceptual understanding of heat and how it differs from temperature.

High School

Conceptual Physics: Simple Harmonic Motion ` - Sep 30, 2013

Editor-selected set of multimedia resources to support the teaching of simple harmonic motion and the sinusoidal nature of periodic motion.

Grades 4-8

Get Ready for NGSS: Waves Resources ` - Aug 30, 2013

Editors' top picks will help teachers navigate the new NGSS requirements for teaching about wave interactions in Grades 4-8.

Grades 6-8

NEED Project: Science of Energy ` - May 17, 2013

Five day middle school unit introduces energy as a physics concept through hands-on lab stations.

Force and Motion Workshops for K-8 Teachers -- From Annenberg Media ` - Nov 21, 2012

Free video workshops designed to help K-8 teachers build understanding that will help them engage students in their own explorations. Graduate credit available at additional cost.