This activity helps students grasp how energy flows. Scroll down to materials and click on Energy Pyramid Activity-Teacher Version for the lesson plan.
This free download uses the microphone in your computer (or you can use a plug in microphone for better quality) to detect sounds and instantly displays the sound waves on the screen. This would be a great tool to illustrate pitch and loudness, so they can make connections to the wave behavior.
That is a great idea. I appreciate the fact that this is a truly interactive generic resource and can actually respond to stimuli in your room as opposed to being a detached simulation.
This is a resource site for Active Physics. It has resources, supplements, investigations, labs, and ideas that fit well with Newton's Laws, force and motion, electricity, and the application of physics to toys, car crashes, car safety, and much more!
Use a two liter, three pencils, vinegar, baking soda, a paper towel, and a cork to build this rocket. Pretty simple! This experiment easily goes along with Newton's Laws, scientific inquiry, or chemical reactions.
A visualization from NOAA that shows what the earth would look like if all water drained out. Good to show so students can see the mid-ocean ridges, ring of fire boundary, etc.