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NASA Engineering Design Challenges: Spacecraft Structures 
  
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This instructional unit challenges students to build a model thrust structure that is as light as possible, yet strong enough to withstand the load of a “launch-to-orbit” three…
https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/main_EDC_Spacecraft_Structures.pdf
Open Source Tutorials in Physics with Teaching Assistant Development 
  
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This web site provides a set of guided inquiry tutorials for thirteen topics regularly covered in introductory physics. These resources are designed for use in small group…
https://www.physport.org/curricula/MD_OST/
Graphs and Tracks Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Graphs and Tracks Model allows instructors to create custom models of a ball rolling on a track with a variable shape. This EJS model was inspired by the Graphs and Tracks…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12023&DocI...
Science in Focus: Force and Motion Workshops 
  
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These eight free professional development workshops for K-8 teachers present science concepts in force and motion. Each workshop is structured around a one-hour video that features…
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/smgdvl/fnm/index.html
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/
Dean Kamen's Artificial Arm 
  
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This 6-minute video chronicles the efforts of inventor/physicist Dean Kamen to develop a robotic arm with the functionality and dexterity of its human counterpart. "Prosthetic legs…
https://spectrum.ieee.org/video/biomedical/bionics/dean-kamens-artificia...
Robot Arm Tutorial 
  
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This tutorial provides background information on robotic arm technology and practical instructions for building your own. The author includes free-body diagrams, schematic drawings,…
https://www.societyofrobots.com/robot_arm_tutorial.shtml
The Animated Chalkboard 2006: Motion 1  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This zip file download contains a package of 22 Windows-based physics animations on velocity, acceleration, friction, momentum, rotational frames, and more. It was created as an…
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PBS LearningMedia: To Survive at High Velocity 
  
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This video segment highlights the forces at work on a racecar as it travels around a track. It was designed to promote understanding of velocity as a vector quantity with both…
https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/phy03_vid_velocity/
Physics Classroom: Force and Its Representation 
  
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This four-part tutorial takes an in-depth look at the meaning of force, types of forces, how to determine net force, and the use of free-body diagrams to represent force…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/u2l2a.cfm
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