AMSER

Authored by Paul Doherty, Pearl Tesler and Noel Wanner for Exploratorium, this site analyzes the physics of skateboarding in great detail. It goes into many different 'tricks' and the effect of m...

https://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/

This applet simulates the behavior of a simple RLC circuit with an AC voltage source. The user can change the period of the voltage source, the inductance, and the capacitance of the circuit. The...

https://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=29.0

This lesson provides an introduction to the world oil market and the United States' dependence on it. Topics include our current usage, sources, and the political implications of acquiring oil fr...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/oil/oilactivity.pdf

In this activity, students quantify and analyze their personal contributions of smog-forming compounds due to driving. The activity builds upon the previous lesson (Ground-Level Ozone). The stude...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/smog-cars/smog-cars.pdf

This lesson builds upon the previous one (Newton's Second Law) by introducing students to kinetic and potential energy. Topics include a brief description of these two forms of energy, a discussi...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/human_energy/P02_energy.pdf

Soil is essential for life on Earth. It is needed for food, air, clothing and so much more. Discussion topics include the terms 'soil', 'dirt', and 'sediment', factors affecting the formation of ...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/soil/soilcomposition.pdf

Due to the presence of dissolved gases such as carbon dioxide, rainfall is naturally acidic. The release of other gases and chemicals such as sulfur dioxide during the combustion of coal and oil ...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/atmosphere/atms_acidrain.pdf

This lesson introduces the idea that rates and directions of plate movements can be measured. The discussion centers on the use of mantle 'hotspots' to determine plate motions. Examples include t...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/platespeed/plate_speed.pdf

Discussion of holes in the stratospheric ozone layer usually revolves around investigations of the thickness of the layer near the South Pole. This online activity allows users to study the thick...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/atmosphere/atms_ozone.pdf

This hands-on activity covers the basics of rock identification. After a brief discussion of the terms 'rock' and 'mineral', students will study the characteristics and classifications of the thr...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/rocks/rocklab.pdf

This lesson discusses the question 'What is a mineral?' in the context of the guessing game 'Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?'. It introduces a definition of the term, discusses the criteria used i...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/mineralid/mineralid.pdf

This lesson introduces students to the basics of nuclear energy production. Topics include radioisotope thermoelectric generators, natural decay of radioactive isotopes, and chain reactions. Ther...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/nukeenergy/nukeenergyactivity.pdf

This lesson points out that the motion of objects (velocity or acceleration) is almost never constant, and applies this idea to the motion of a person walking. The discussion covers the energy tr...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/human_energy/P04_hpropulsioncapstone.pdf

This lesson introduces students to Sir Isaac Newton's Second Law of Motion. Topics include the two ways to study the dynamics of a system in which there is motion, a brief description of Newton's...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/human_energy/P01_secondlaw.pdf

This lesson builds upon the previous two (Newton's Second Law and the First Law of Thermodynamics) by explaining that conservation of energy is not perfectly observed, in that energy is lost as i...

https://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/human_energy/P03_ballistics.pdf