Below you will find web links, extra printables, and other resources to use along with the Physics units in the Layers of Learning curriculum.
Physics is sold as a single volume and as individual units, which are like chapters within the Physics book. Here’s a link to a free printable cover to accompany all of your Physics PDF units.
Forces
- Forces YouTube Playlist
- Experiment with an online collision cart simulator to see forces acting on each other
- Practice free body diagrams with an interactive simulator
- Ducksters Forces for Kids Site
- Forces in Action Flash Game
- Fish Force Game
- Mr. Anderson’s Bozeman Science Physics Videos – Check out Spacetime, Free Body Diagrams, and several of the Forces videos
- Khan Academy Motion & Forces (listed in Motion as well) and Force Pairs and Momentum
Motion
- Motion YouTube Playlist
- Play with a physics simulator about motion
- Acceleration practice problems with detailed solutions
- Acceleration practice problems from Khan Academy
- A fun force and motion simulator to think about and practice force concepts
- Worksheet of force practice problems (F=ma)
- Here is a page from NASA about Newton’s second law. It includes activities.
- A simulator to experiment with Newton’s third law
- A worksheet of momentum practice problems (P = mv)
- Explanation of how to do pendulum length problems
- Pendulum practice problems with explanation and solutions
- Khan Academy Motion & Forces (listed in Forces as well)
Gravity
- Gravity YouTube Playlist
- An interactive gravity website that lets you see how high you can jump on different planets around the solar system
- A calculator to see how much you would weigh on other planets based on your Earth weight
- Read about how one family tested Einstein’s ideas about time dilation on a camping trip.
- Play with a black hole simulator that shows how time dilation works
- Read about NASA’s twin experiment
- Time dilation calculator
- Khan Academy Gravitation
Work & Energy
- Work and Energy YouTube Playlist
Fluids
- Fluids YouTube Playlist
Thermodynamics
- Thermodynamics YouTube Playlist
Electricity
- Electricity YouTube Playlist
Magnetism
- Magnetism YouTube Playlist
Light
- Light YouTube Playlist