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In the rectangle above, you will find the fundamental concepts and principles that underlie this standard. Below you will find a list of recommended "learning tools" for this standard. All links are in yellow, just click the link. Numbers are for reference only. Use our "Tell a Friend" feature, at the bottom,  to send this page to a friend!

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In this creative and dynamic learning tool, Make Tracks, you design your own roller coaster and then get to take a 3D ride in it to test it. This is a tremendous piece of learning that has been designed by the people at Questacon, part of the National Science and Technology Centre of Australia. Fantastic!

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Air tracks can be expensive and difficult to keep running well. This learning tool called Air Track allows your students to run a virtual track for their experiments. Students can change the velocity and mass of the green and red "cars" and see what happens. This fun and clever tool is brought to us by VisualizeScience.

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Funderstanding Roller Coaster is the name of this learning tool. This simulator is designed for kids who want to design their own thrilling coaster and educators who want to use a cool activity to simulate the application of physics by using an exciting interactive tool and access to a wonderful reference source. This site comes to us from Funderstanding.

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The name of this "learning tool" is called Masses and Springs. A realistic mass and spring laboratory. Hang masses from springs and adjust the spring stiffness and damping. Transport the lab to different planets. A chart shows the kinetic, potential, and thermal energy for each spring. This tool is brought to us by The PhET Project and made possible by the Kavli Operating Institute.

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This ingenious "learning tool" is called Soda Constructor. Don't let the name mislead you, this is one of the most creative physical science sites we have ever seen. In Soda Constructor, you use the soda constructor to make models out of masses linked by springs and muscles. Then you can manipulate this microworld's gravity, friction, and spring stiffness. Stunningly life-like models are the result in this notable  achievement in web learning. 

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The name of this "learning tool" is called Projectile Motion. Blast a Buick out of a cannon! Learn about projectile motion by firing various objects. Set the angle, initial speed, and mass. Add air resistance. Make a game out of this simulation by trying to hit a target. This tool is brought to us by The PhET Project and made possible by the Kavli Operating Institute.

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Yes, it is in French, but this "learning tool" is easy and elegant to figure out. The name is Le Phenomene d' Acceleration. See you already know it is about acceleration! Just click the up arrow to the right of L' Acceleration (next to the question mark), then click Depart. The rest is up to you to play with. This wonderful tool was developed through the Space Museum of France. Flash is required.

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2-D Collisions is the name of this "learning tool". It is brought to us by a wonderful company called Explorelearning.com. This company has some of the most elegant and useful science simulations available for students. They are a pay site, but they allow you to see this Gizmo for 5 minutes Shockwave is required.

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This "learning tool" is called Ball and Ramp Simulation. Just grab the segments of the ramp to make your own set of "up and downs", then push the "Start" button. This is an extremely clever and useful tool for students to play with a distance -time graph and even set the gravity on different planets. This tool has been developed by Aotea Interactive Media. 

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The name of this spectacular "learning tool" is Charges & Fields. Charges and Fields. Move point charges around on the playing field and then view the electric field, voltages, equipotential lines, and more. It's colorful, it's dynamic, it's free. This tool is brought to us by The PhET Project and made possible by the Kavli Operating Institute

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Spectacular is the only word for award winning Moovl. This is a  digital online drawing tool with lifelike dynamic properties. It allows children to create drawings that move according to simple rules of science. The environment simulates gravity, collision, & tension so that the pictures move as if they were in the real world. The Java Applet allows children to make predictions & hypotheses about how things in the world work, to visualize their ideas, & to test them out in a trial-&-error approach. The incredible people at Soda produced this great "learning tool".

 
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