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Calculate the time it takes for an object to get through Rube Goldberg Machine 
  
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This is an activity for students to design and analyze a Rube-Goldberg Machine. The goal is for the students to calculate the time it takes to complete the motion of the machine.…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15429&DocI...
The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Its Conservation 
  
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This web site contains a number of tutorials relating to momentum. Each tutorial explains a subject and provides exercises to test the user's understanding. Some are accompanied by…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/momentum
Skateboard Science 
  
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This website, developed by the Exploratorium Museum, analyzes the physics of skateboarding in great detail. It goes into many different 'tricks' and the effect of materials and…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/
ASPIRE: Lessons 
  
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The Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research and Education (ASPIRE) website provides free access to interactive science labs with downloadable simulations for use in grades…
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/
Collisions in One Dimension Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This interactive simulation allows students to collide two objects and investigate whether momentum and/or kinetic energy are conserved in the collision process. To keep things…
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Teach Engineering: Energy of Motion 
  
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This is a multi-day instructional unit for middle school science on kinetic and potential energy. Through investigations of waterwheels, roller coasters, bouncing balls, and a…
https://www.teachengineering.org/curricularunits/view/cub_energy_curricu...
PhET Collision Lab 
  
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This interactive simulation lets students investigate simple collisions in one dimension or more complex scenarios. The simpler experiment explores the meaning of elastic vs.…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/collision-lab
Interactive Video Vignettes: Newton's Third Law 
  
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This interactive video tutorial allows students to explore collisions and the implications of Newton's Third Law. This vignette features “person-on-the-street” interviews about…
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Interactive Video Vignettes: Bullet in a Block 
  
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This interactive video tutorial allows students to explore concepts of momentum conservation and energy conservation. This vignette shows that when a suspended block of wood is shot…
https://www.compadre.org/ivv/vignettes/bulletBlock.cfm
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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