Working in teams of four, students build tetrahedral kites following specific instructions and using specific materials. They use the basic processes of manufacturing systems – cutting, shaping, forming, conditioning, assembling, joining, finishing, and quality control – to manufacture complete tetrahedral kites within a given time frame. Project evaluation takes into account team efficiency and the quality of the finished product.

Expérience scientifique conçue pour les élèves de niveau intermédiaire: « Dans ce défi, découvrez si vous pouvez faire flotter un oeuf. Découvrez comment la densité de la matière affecte la flottabilité des objets. »

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This 10-minute video lesson looks at the four fundamental forces: Gravity, weak interaction, electromagnetic force, and strong interaction. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 15 of 85]

Play hockey with electric charges. Place charges on the ice, then hit start to try to get the puck in the goal. View the electric field. Trace the puck's motion. Make the game harder by placing walls in front of the goal. This is a clone of the popular simulation of the same name marketed by Physics Academic Software and written by Prof. Ruth Chabay of the Dept of Physics at North Carolina State University.

Through a series of three lessons, each with its own hands-on activity, students are introduced to 1) forces, loads and stress, 2) tensile loads and failure, and 3) torsion on structures—fundamental physics concepts that are critical to understanding the built world. The associated activities engage students through experimenting with hot glue gun sticks to experience tension, compression and torsion; the design of plastic chair webbing strips; and problem-solving to reinforce foam insulation "antenna towers" to withstand specified bending and twisting.

Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time. View a Free Body Diagram of all the forces (including gravitational and normal forces).

Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time. View a Free Body Diagram of all the forces (including gravitational and normal forces).

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Une initiative de Historica Canada, le Projet Mémoire est un bureau d’orateurs bénévoles qui organise la rencontre de vétérans et de membres actifs des Forces armées canadiennes avec des écoles et événements communautaires à travers le pays afin qu’ils puissent partager leurs histoires de service militaire. Nos orateurs se sont adressés à plus de 3 million de Canadiens depuis 2001.

Nos orateurs bénévoles sont enthousiastes à l’idée de partager leurs témoignages et leurs expériences couvrent des sujets allant de la bataille de première ligne au maintien de la paix en passant par le service domestique. Le Bureau des orateurs du Projet Mémoire est disponible toute l’année pour les groupes scolaires et communautaires, et pour un public de tous âges.

Using spaghetti and marshmallows, students experiment with different structures to determine which ones are able to handle the greatest amount of load. Their experiments help them to further understand the effects that compression and tension forces have with respect to the strength of structures. Spaghetti cannot hold much tension or compression; therefore, it breaks very easily. Marshmallows handle compression well, but do not hold up to tension.

Students learn about how biomedical engineers create assistive devices for persons with fine motor skill disabilities. They learn about types of forces, balanced and unbalanced forces, and the relationship between form and function, as well as the structure of the hand. They do this by designing, building and testing their own hand "gripper" prototypes that are able to grasp and lift a 200 ml cup of sand.

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Learn about position, velocity, and acceleration in the "Arena of Pain". Use the green arrow to move the ball. Add more walls to the arena to make the game more difficult. Try to make a goal as fast as you can.

Great, short, engaging videos to explain all things physics to learners of all ages. Everything from Covid-19 to gravity to parallel universes!

Play with one or two pendulums and discover how the period of a simple pendulum depends on the length of the string, the mass of the pendulum bob, and the amplitude of the swing. It's easy to measure the period using the photogate timer. You can vary friction and the strength of gravity. Use the pendulum to find the value of g on planet X. Notice the anharmonic behavior at large amplitude.

PhET Sims are now available in HTML5 as well!

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PhET is a collection of interactive computer simulations for teaching and learning physics, chemistry, math, and other sciences.

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The simulations are animated, interactive, and game-like environments where students learn through exploration. They emphasize the connections between real-life and the underlying science. These great activities help students visualize abstract concepts!

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« T’es-tu déjà demandé pourquoi les navires se maintiennent à flot? La réponse est dans la flottabilité! »

*Texte, images, vidéo, illustrations:

-Qu’est-ce que la flottabilité?
-Quel est le lien entre la flottabilité et la densité?
-Comment la flottabilité et la densité s’appliquent-elles aux navires?
-Amorces de discussion

Suggestions/liens annexes: activité « toile de définition du concept » (fiche reproductible adaptée), plusieurs expériences qui illustrent la flottabilité

Explore forces, energy and work as you push household objects up and down a ramp. Lower and raise the ramp to see how the angle of inclination affects the parallel forces acting on the file cabinet. Graphs show forces, energy and work.

Students are introduced to statics and dynamics, free-body diagrams, combustion and thermodynamics to gain an understanding of the forces needed to lift rockets off the ground. They learn that thrust force is needed to launch rockets into space and the energy for thrust is stored as chemical energy in the rocket's fuel. Then, using the law of conservation of energy, students learn that the chemical energy of the fuel is converted into work and heat energy during a rocket launch. A short PowerPoint® presentation is provided, including two example problems for stoichiometry review. An optional teacher demonstration is described as an extension activity.