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NOVA: Making Stuff 
  
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This is a four-part series exploring materials that could shape our future, such as plastics that will dissolve in landfills, silk designed to be stronger than steel, smart pills,…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/making-stuff/episodes/
PhET Simulation: Forces and Motion 
  
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This interactive simulation provides four components for exploring balanced and unbalanced forces. In the introductory activity, users choose from among 5 objects of different…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/forces-and-motion
PBS LearningMedia: Segway Technology: What's Newton Got to Do with It? 
  
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In this 8-minute Flash video, physicist/inventor Dean Kamen talks about his design of the Segway personal transporter and the IBOT wheelchair. The Segway is a 2-wheeled electric…
https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.segway/seg...
Improving instruction in mechanics through identification and elicitation of pivotal cases in student reasoning  [ Thesis ]
  
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This dissertation reports efforts to develop instructional materials on linear momentum, angular momentum, and forces on rigid bodies in standard introductory physics course. Many…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12327&DocID=30...
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Student understanding of static equilibrium: Predicting and accounting for balancing 
  
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L. Ortiz, P. Heron, and P. Shaffer, Am. J. Phys., 73 (6), 545-553 (2005).
We report on an investigation of student ability to account for static equilibrium in the simple familiar case in which an object is balanced on a frictionless pivot or fulcrum.…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1862640
TryEngineering: Design a Dome 
  
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This is a lesson plan that explores principles in civil engineering and architecture, developed to help teachers integrate engineering practices in the classroom. Students work in…
https://tryengineering.org/teacher/design-dome/
Rotational and Rolling Motion Conceptual Survey 
  
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This 30-question research-based multiple-choice test is designed to evaluate students’ conceptual understanding of rotational and rolling motion. The survey is based on…
https://www.physport.org/assessments/RRMCS
Tensile Structure 
  
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This Wikipedia page provides an overview of tension structures and describes the important architects and engineers who use this form of construction. The page includes the history…
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Comparing the development of students' conceptions of pulleys using physical and virtual manipulatives  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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A. Rouinfar, A. Madsen, T. Hoang, S. Puntambekar, and N. Rebello
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A. Rouinfar, A. Madsen, T. Hoang, S. Puntambekar, and N. Rebello, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 331-334.
Research has shown that the concept of force in a pulley is learned equally well by students using physical and virtual manipulatives. We report on a study in which students enrolled…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11880&DocID=27...
TryEngineering: Build Your Own Robot Arm 
  
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This lesson plan, appropriate for grades 6-9, asks students to create a robot arm from common household materials that include paper clips, fishing line, cardboard, brads, pencils,…
https://tryengineering.org/teacher/build-your-own-robot-arm/
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