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        Listed under:  Science  >  Forces and energy  >  Fundamental forces  >  Gravity
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        Sphero slalom lesson

        • TLF-IDA002721

        In this lesson students explore slalom sports and how competitors maximise speed when completing a course. Students research different slalom sports and then share their findings with the class. Students investigate the impact of distance and friction on time to complete a course through digital and unplugged activities. ...

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        Physics of video games lesson

        • TLF-IDA002724

        In this lesson students build a simple Pong game in Scratch and consider the physics involved in the game play. They then apply their understanding of force and motion to design their own video game concept. The resource includes links to downloadable lesson plan, websites, videos, apps and an assessment rubric. The lesson ...

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        Spacewalk game

        • TLF-IDM012018

        This is an interactive resource that explores the International Space Station through a Station Spacewalk Game in which participants conduct virtual NASA repair work on the International Space Station. In the game, participants leave the airlock and complete tasks executed by astronauts to help power up the space station ...

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        Projectile motion

        • TLF-IDM019561

        This is an interactive resource about projectile motion. Students use a simulation of a cannon to fire various objects. They can set the firing angle, initial speed, height and mass, with or without air resistance. Students are encouraged to make a game out of this simulation by trying to hit a target. This interactive ...

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        Energy skate park

        • TLF-IDM019560

        This is an interactive resource about the potential and kinetic energy changes as a skater rolls around a skate park. Students learn about conservation of energy with a skater, they can build tracks, ramps and jumps for the skater and view the kinetic energy, potential energy and friction as he moves. Students can also ...

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        Energy skate park: basics

        • TLF-IDM012215

        This is an interactive teaching and learning resource that years 7 to 10 secondary school students can use to simulate the motion of a skateboarder descending and ascending on a variety of tracks. Height, speed and energy conservation are visually displayed. The skater's mass and starting height, as well as the drag he ...

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        Gravity and orbits

        • TLF-IDM012214

        This is an interactive teaching and learning resource that years 7 to 10 secondary students can use to simulate the orbits of the Earth, Moon and a space station while altering the physical quantities involved. Orbital pathways, velocity and force vectors can be displayed in either scale or cartoon views. The mass and velocity ...

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        Forces

        • TLF-IDM016215

        Students use this resource consisting of seven slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand what forces are and what they can do. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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        experiMENTALS: Trumpet straw

        • TLF-IDM016294

        This resource contains a materials and instruction list and brief explanation for students about the process of making a straw that can produce vibrations when blown through.

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        Plotting a Magnetic Field

        • TLF-IDM016553

        Students use this resource consisting of seven slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand how to plot the magnetic field around a bar magnet using a plotting compass. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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        Gravity

        • TLF-IDM016722

        Students use this resource consisting of four slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand that gravity is a force of attraction which acts on Earth towards the centre of the planet, and that the size of the force of gravity depends on the mass of each object and the distance between them. There ...

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        experiMENTALS: ink chromatography

        • TLF-IDM016535

        This resource contains a materials and instruction list and brief explanation for students about the process of separating ink mixtures using paper chromatography.

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        Gravity and the Solar System

        • TLF-IDM016459

        Students use this resource consisting of seven slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand how the movement of planets around the sun is related to gravitational forces. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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        experiMENTALS: Gravity defying wheel

        • TLF-IDM016703

        This resource contains a materials and instruction list and brief explanation for students about the process of demonstrating resistance to change in a spinning a bike wheel to observe the principles of a gyroscope.

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        Science Talk 2007: Ruben Meerman

        • TLF-IDM016378

        Find out what happens when the ABC's Surfing scientist, Ruben Meerman visits Year 3 at Crown Street Public School with some liquid nitrogen! Ruben shows the Year 3 students what happens to solids and gases when they are cooled and warmed and relates this to real-world phenomena. Ruben also shows the kids some tricks with ...

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        experiMENTALS: Levitating balloon

        • TLF-IDM016651

        This resource contains a materials and instruction list and brief explanation for students about the process of levitating a balloon.

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        National Science Week flight special

        • TLF-IDM016721

        This resource contains lessons plans containing instructions and teachers' notes for fun experiments focusing on the science of flight. Try them in your classroom and watch Elliot and the Surfing Scientist tackle them on Roller-coaster. A wide ranges of activities with clear directions and illustrations based on a range ...

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        Satellites

        • TLF-IDM016337

        Students use this resource consisting of eight slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand that the moon is a natural satellite of the Earth and how satellites stay in orbit around the Earth. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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        experiMENTALS: Keys on a shoelace

        • TLF-IDM016617

        This resource contains a materials and instruction list and brief explanation for students to show that keys on a shoelace can do some unexpected things.

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        Balanced Forces

        • TLF-IDM016421

        Students use this resource consisting of five slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand that balanced forces produce no change in the movement of an object. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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