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Combing videos from my YouTube channel, Step-by-Step Science, with results oriented teaching and learning resources. A Win-Win for teachers and their students. Teaching physics, chemistry and math in the United States & Germany for over 20 years. My YouTube channel, Step-by-Step Science, has hundreds of excellent physics, chemistry and math videos. Links to relevant YouTube videos are given on each worksheet.

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Combing videos from my YouTube channel, Step-by-Step Science, with results oriented teaching and learning resources. A Win-Win for teachers and their students. Teaching physics, chemistry and math in the United States & Germany for over 20 years. My YouTube channel, Step-by-Step Science, has hundreds of excellent physics, chemistry and math videos. Links to relevant YouTube videos are given on each worksheet.
Electric Circuits: Resistors in Parallel
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Electric Circuits: Resistors in Parallel

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Looking for a great all-in-one resource for teaching electric circuits with resistors in parallel? This product contains well organized handout notes as well as a complete set of exercises for resistors in parallel. The exercises contain conceptual questions as well as questions for practicing calculations. Answer keys are included for all exercises. At the top of most of the worksheets there is a link to one or more videos from my YouTube channel. These videos give a detailed explanation of the material covered on each worksheet. If students need help understanding the concepts or completing the worksheets, they can simply click on the link and watch the YouTube video where the topic is explained in detail. An outstanding resource for students who are not able to attend class. Contents: (1) Three pages of notes for resistors in parallel. (2) Guided inquiry lab for the PhET HTML 5 simulation, Circuit Construction Kit. (3) Twelve pages of exercises and problems for your students to practice what they have learned. (4) Answer keys for all exercises and problems.
Electromagnetism: Lenz's Law
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Electromagnetism: Lenz's Law

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Looking for a great resource for teaching electromagnetic induction and magnetic flux? This product contains everything you need: well organized handout notes, two sets of exercises for this topic, as well as presentations for use in your instruction. The exercises contain conceptual questions along with questions for practicing calculations. Answer keys are included for all exercises. There are links to videos from my YouTube channel at the top of each worksheet. These videos give a detailed explanation of the material covered on the worksheets. If students need help understanding the concepts or completing the exercises, they can simply click on the link and watch the YouTube video where the topic is explained in detail. This is also an outstanding resource for students who are not able to attend class. All documents are included as PDFs and in editable forms such as Keynote, Pages, PowerPoint and Word. Contents: (1) One page of notes. (2) Two sets of exercises for students to practice their problem-solving skills. (3) Answer keys for all exercises. (4) Presentations for use during instruction.
Newton's Second Law: Free Body Diagrams
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Newton's Second Law: Free Body Diagrams

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Just starting out with Newton’s second law of motion? Don’t want to scare your students off with the equations and calculations? Then this is the perfect product for you. Using this product from my Tes shop your students will gain a strong conceptual understanding of how to apply Newton’s second law to many different situations. This is an important step for students to master before moving on to quantitative analysis of the motion of objects. Free body diagrams show the relative magnitude and direction of all the forces acting on an object. The number of forces shown on a free body diagram depends on the specific problem and the assumptions made; air resistance is commonly ignored to simplify the problem. If the forces acting on an object are balanced, then the object is not accelerating and is therefore either moving with a constant velocity or at rest. If the forces acting on an object are unbalanced, then the object is accelerating. At the top of each set of exercises there is a link to videos from my Step by Step Science YouTube channel. The videos provide detailed descriptions and additional examples that correspond to the problems on the exercise sheets. This is a great resource for distance learners or students who are not able to be in class for this lesson. All exercises and presentations are provided in PDF and fully editable formats. Contents: (1) Handout notes. (2) Three sets of free body diagram exercises. (3) Answer keys for all exercises. (4) Presentation in Keynote and PowerPoint. (5) PDF files for all the documents. (6) Editable Pages files for all the exercises.
Newton's Second Law: Two Masses and a Table
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Newton's Second Law: Two Masses and a Table

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This product is part of a series entitled Newton’s Second Law: Acceleration. The series contains the following products: Newton’s Second Law: Free Body Diagrams Newton’s Second Law: Acceleration Horizontal Newton’s Second Law: Mass on an Inclined Plane Newton’s Second Law: Two Masses, a Table and a Pulley Newton’s Second Law: Atwood Machine (Elevator) Each can be used on its own as a stand-alone assignment, but taken together they make an excellent unit covering the essential problem solving skills for analysing the motion of objects using Newton’s second law of motion. Each product contains guided notes that can be used when introducing this topic, two or more additional exercises that your students can use to practice these important problem solving skills, answer keys for all exercises and a presentation for use during instruction. At the top of each set of exercises there is a link to videos from my Step by Step Science YouTube channel. The videos provide detailed descriptions and additional examples that correspond to the problems on the exercise sheets. This is a great resource for distance learners or students who are not able to be in class for the lesson. All exercises and presentations are provided in PDF and fully editable formats.
Newton's Second Law: Mass on Inclined Plane
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Newton's Second Law: Mass on Inclined Plane

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This product is part of a series entitled Newton’s Second Law: Acceleration. The series contains the following products: Newton’s Second Law: Free Body Diagrams Newton’s Second Law: Acceleration Horizontal Newton’s Second Law: Mass on an Inclined Plane Newton’s Second Law: Two Masses, a Table and a Pulley Newton’s Second Law: Atwood Machine (Elevator) Each can be used on its own as a stand-alone assignment, but taken together they make an excellent unit covering the essential problem solving skills for analysing the motion of objects using Newton’s second law of motion. Each product contains guided notes that can be used when introducing this topic, two or more additional exercises that your students can use to practice these important problem solving skills, answer keys for all exercises and a presentation for use during instruction. At the top of each set of exercises there is a link to videos from my Step by Step Science YouTube channel. The videos provide detailed descriptions and additional examples that correspond to the problems on the exercise sheets. This is a great resource for distance learners or students who are not able to be in class for the lesson. All exercises and presentations are provided in PDF and fully editable formats.
Kinematics: Free Fall Motion
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Kinematics: Free Fall Motion

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This product from my Tes shop contains everything you need to teach free fall motion. Objects experiencing free fall are moving only under the force of gravity and air resistance is ignored. This product includes: a full sheet of handout notes for your students including an explanation and two useful examples, three sets of exercises with answer keys and a detailed presentation for use during instruction or that your students can view outside the classroom. No Preparation Necessary! Just Download and Go! Everything included as PDF files and editable Keynote, PowerPoint and Word files. At the top of the worksheets there is a link to the related video from my YouTube Channel, Step-by-Step Science. If your students need help understanding the concepts or completing the worksheet, they can simply click on the link and watch the YouTube video where everything is explained in detail. An outstanding resource for students who are not able to attend class. Contains: (1) Handout notes (2) Three sets of exercises for your students to practice what they have learned. (3) Answer keys for all exercises. (4) Presentations in Keynote and PowerPoint. (5) PDF files for all material
Kinematics: Position vs Time Graphs
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Kinematics: Position vs Time Graphs

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In this kinematics product from my Tes shop you get everything you need to teach Position vs Time Graphs. This includes handout notes, six exercises with answer keys and a presentation for transforming position vs time graphs to velocity vs time graphs to acceleration vs time graphs. No Preparation Necessary! Just Download and Go! All the notes, exercises and solutions are included as PDFs and editable Pages files. The presentation is included as a PDF file, in Keynote and in PowerPoint. At the top of each worksheet there is a link to the related video from my YouTube Channel, Step by Step Science. If your students need help understanding the concepts or completing the worksheets, they can simply click on the link and watch the YouTube video where everything is explained in detail. An outstanding resource for distance learning and students who are not able to attend class. Contents: (1) Handout notes. (2) Six exercises for your students to practice what they have learned. (3) Answer keys for all exercises. (4) Presentation in Keynote and PowerPoint. (5) PDF files for all material
Hooke's Law: Notes & Excercises
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Hooke's Law: Notes & Excercises

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As your students gain an in depth understanding of Hooke’s law from this Tes product, they will practice and learn several important science skills including: data collection, data interpretation, graphing and calculating. This product includes one page of handout notes that will give your students a detailed explanation of Hooke’s law and the principles behind it. Also included are three separate assignments for practicing the concepts and calculations related to Hooke’s law, and an HTML5 web-based inquiry lab using the Masses and Springs simulation from PhET interactive simulations. This simulation can be run from most cellphones, tablets and computers. Nothing to download or install. The inquiry lab will guide your students as they collect data, analyze results and formulate conclusions based on spring constant calculations and the forces applied to springs. Answer keys are included for all exercises. At the top of each worksheet there is a link to a video from my YouTube Channel, Step by Step Science. These videos give a detailed explanation of the material covered on the worksheet. If students need help understanding the concepts or completing the worksheets, they can simply click on the link and watch the YouTube video where the topic is explained in detail. An outstanding resource for students who are not able to attend class. The exercises and notes are included as PDF and Apple pages documents. The presentations are available in Keynote, Powerpoint and PDF. PhET simulations incorporate research based, student centered activities that are fun and easy to use. All of the PhET simulations are available from their website: phet.colorado.edu. The product includes: (1) One page of notes for Hooke’s Law (2) PhET Simulation Hooke’s Law Lab (3) Graphing and Interpreting Hooke’s Law Data (4) Reading and Interpreting a Hooke’s Law Graph (5) Calculations for the Hooke’s Law Equation (6) Presentation for Hooke’s Law (6) Answer Keys
Kinematics: Velocity vs Time Graphs
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Kinematics: Velocity vs Time Graphs

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In this kinematics product from my Tes shop you get everything you need to teach Velocity vs Time Graphs. This includes handout notes and six exercises with answer keys for all the questions. No Preparation Necessary! Just Download and Go! All the notes, exercises and solutions are included as PDFs and editable Pages files. At the top of each worksheet there is a link to the related video from my YouTube Channel, Step by Step Science. If your students need help understanding the concepts or completing the worksheets, they can simply click on the link and watch the YouTube video where everything is explained in detail. An outstanding resource for distance learning and students who are not able to attend class. Contents: (1) Two pages of handout notes. (2) Six exercises for your students to practice what they have learned. A total of 12 pages. (3) Answer keys for all exercises. (4) PDF and Pages files for all materials.
Experimenting with Electromagnets
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Experimenting with Electromagnets

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This is a great physics experiment that can be done at school or at home. It makes a good science fair project or just a fun activity to do with the kids on the weekend. You probably have most of the materials you need around the house or you can get them with a quick trip to the grocery or hardware store. The purpose of this experiment is to investigate the relationship between the number of times the wire is wound around the metal bolt and the strength of the electromagnet. This experiment incorporates many of the activities that scientists do every day, including building and testing scientific equipment, collecting and analyzing data and drawing conclusions from your observations. There is a full demonstration of this experiment on my Step by Step Science YouTube channel. Link to the video: https://youtu.be/Ar-6s_tF3tM An electromagnet is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current. The electromagnets you will use in this experiment are made from a length of wire wrapped around a large metal bolt. A battery will be connected to each end of the wire. A current will then flow through the coil of wire producing a magnetic field inside the coil. The metal bolt concentrates the magnetic field in the coil, making it stronger. The field disappears when the current is turned off.
Flame Test Lab
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Flame Test Lab

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Need a great lab activity to engage your students and light up your classroom? This activity combines everything that students love: lab work, flames and color. In this lab your students will try to identity the following six metal salts based on their emission colors. Calcium chloride: Orange Copper chloride: Blue green Lithium chloride: Red orange Sodium chloride: Yellow Potassium chloride: Light violet Strontium chloride: Red Just like every person has a unique finger print, the color of light emitted by a metal when heated in a flame is unique to that metal. The emission colors can therefore be used to identify specific metals. When the metal salts are placed in the flame the electrons in each atom absorb energy. This energy is used to move the electrons from their ground state to an excited state. When the electrons move back to a lower energy level they emit the absorbed energy as a particle of light called a photon. You can see a video of the flame test colors on my YouTube channel. I hope you enjoy this great activity, I know your students will. Contents: Teacher’s Guide. Flame test lab worksheets and solutions in PDF and editable Pages documents.
PhET Simulation: Elastic & Inelastic Collisions
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PhET Simulation: Elastic & Inelastic Collisions

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Using the Collisions PhET online simulation your students will (1) apply the laws of conservation of energy and momentum to characterize the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions, (2) determine the changes in kinetic energy when energy is not conserved, (3) explain why energy is not conserved in some collisions and (4) draw before and after pictures of collisions. This online lab activity uses the Collisions HTML5 simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations. The simulation can be run from most cellphones, tablets and computers. There is nothing to download or install. PhET simulations incorporate research based, student centered activities that are fun and easy to use. All of the PhET simulations are available from their website: PhET interactive Simulations. This product includes: (1) The lab activity worksheets. (2) An answer key for the worksheets.
PhET Simulation: Projectile Motion Online Lab
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PhET Simulation: Projectile Motion Online Lab

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Using the PhET Projectile Motion simulation your students will perform several different experiments to investigate the motion of objects undergoing two-dimensional projectile motion. These investigations will include how the velocity and acceleration change in the x-direction and y-direction during the flight of the object and how the launch angle and mass of the object affect its range, maximum height and time of flight of the object. This web-based lab activity is available as a PDF file that can be completed by distance learners. This online lab activity uses the Projectile Motion HTML5 simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations. The simulation can be run from most cellphones, tablets and computers. Nothing to download or install. PhET simulations incorporate research based, student centered activities that are fun and easy to use. All of the PhET simulations are available from their website: PhET Interactive Simulations This product includes: (1) The lab activity worksheets. (2) An answer key for the worksheets. (3) Notes covering a full description of projectile motion.
PhET Simulation: Newton's Laws of Motion
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PhET Simulation: Newton's Laws of Motion

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The primary goal of this activity is for your students to gain a deeper understanding of Newton’s first and second laws of motion. This is a great guided inquiry activity for investigating acceleration, balanced and unbalanced forces, and their effect on the motion of objects. After completion of this activity your students will be ready to start quantitative analysis of the motion of objects using Newton’s second law equation, F = m • a. I use this activity after my students have completed my Forces and Motion PhET Online Lab. This online lab activity uses the Forces and Motion: Basics HTML5 simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations. The simulation can be run from most cell phones, tablets and computers. Nothing to download or install. PhET simulations incorporate research based, student centered activities that are fun and easy to use. All of the PhET simulations are available from this website: PhET Interactive Simulations. This product includes: (1) The activity worksheets. (2) An answer key for the worksheets. (3) Notes covering a full description of Newton’s laws of motion.
PhET Simulation: Force of Friction
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PhET Simulation: Force of Friction

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The goal of this activity is for your students to gain a deeper understanding of static and kinetic friction forces, Newton’s laws of motion and how to determine the coefficients of static and kinetic friction. This activity includes collecting data about frictional forces, graphing the data and analysis of the graph to determine the coefficients of friction. This web based lab is available as a PDF file that can be completed by distance learners. This online lab activity uses the Forces and Motion: Basics HTML5 simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations. The simulation can be run from most cellphones, tablets and computers. Nothing to download or install. This product is part of a series of three products covering Newton’s laws of motion. The other two products are: PhET Simulation: Forces and Motion PhET Simulation: Newton’s Laws of Motion You and your students can get a full explanation of the friction forces and coefficients of friction from my Step by Step Science YouTube video: Newton’s 2nd Law, The Force of Friction, An Explanation PhET simulations incorporate research based, student centered activities that are fun and easy to use. All of the PhET simulations are available from their website: PhET Interactive Simulations. This product includes: (1) The lab activity worksheets. (2) An answer key for the worksheets. (3) Notes covering a full description of the kinetic and static friction forces and the coefficients of friction.
PhET Simulation: Period of a Pendulum
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PhET Simulation: Period of a Pendulum

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In completing this HTML5 web-based inquiry lab activity your students will gain a complete understanding of how mass, length, displacement and gravitational acceleration affect the period of a pendulum. I have done this activity with my students many times and they always find it fun and engaging. The best part is that your students won’t even know they are learning as they complete the inquiry-based laboratory assignment sheet that is included. This HTML5 inquiry lab can be run from most cellphones, tablets and computers. Nothing to download or install. The pendulum simulation will guide students as they collect data, analyze results and formulate conclusions on what factors affect the period of a pendulum. PhET simulations incorporate research based, student centered activities that are fun and easy to use. All of the PhET simulations are available from their website: PhET Interactive Simulations. The product includes the pendulum lab sheets and answer key as well as a Getting Started Teachers Guide.
PhET Simulation: States of Matter
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PhET Simulation: States of Matter

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In this guided inquiry online lab your students will investigate the three states of matter: solids, liquids and gases. By the end of this online lab they will be able to (1) describe the characteristics of the three states of matter, (2) compare the motion of the particles in the three different phases, (3) explain how to change the state of a material and be able to name the six different phase changes (4) understand that different substances have different melting and boiling temperatures and (5) state the relationship between the pressure, temperature, volume and amount of gas in a container. You will use one of the simulations from PhET Interactive Simulations. The simulation is called States of Matter: Basics (HTML5). The link for the simulation can be found inside the resource. All of our PhET Online Labs can be purchased as a money saving bundle. PhET Interactive Simulations incorporate research based, student centered activities that are fun and easy to use. All of the PhET simulations are available from their website: PhET Interactive Simulations. This PhET online simulation can be done in the classroom or during distance learning. This product includes: (1) The lab activity worksheets. (2) An answer key for the worksheets. (3) Notes presenting a full explanation states of matter.
PhET Simulation: Coulomb's Law
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PhET Simulation: Coulomb's Law

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This engaging inquiry based lab activity will guide your students to an understanding of Coulomb’s law as they learn what factors affect the force between two charged particles. This online lab is intended to be used with the Coulomb’s Law HTML5 Simulation from PhET interactive simulations. The link for the simulation can be found inside the resource. In the first activity students will learn how to determine the direction of the force between two charged particles. In the second activity students will determine the relationship between the force and the amount of charge on the particles. In the third activity students will determine the relationship between the force and the distance between the charged particles. In the summary questions students will practice what they have learned from the simulation and will use the Coulomb’s law equation to calculate coulomb’s constant and the magnitude of the force between two charged particles. PhET simulations incorporate research based, student centered activities that are fun and easy to use. All of the PhET simulations are available from their website: hET Interactive Simulations. This PhET online simulation can be done from the classroom or during distance learning. This product includes: (1) The lab activity worksheets. (2) An answer key for the worksheets. (3) Notes covering a full description of Coulomb’s law.
PhET Simulation: Refraction of Light
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PhET Simulation: Refraction of Light

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This is a great online lab experiment for introducing the physics concepts associated with the refraction of light. Using the PhET Bending of Light simulation your students will investigate the refraction of light, the index of refraction and the velocity of light through different materials. Your students will be able to explain how the indices of refraction affect the angle of refraction, how to calculate the index of refraction and how to calculate the velocity of light through various materials. This web-based lab activity is available as a PDF file and can be completed by distance learners. This lab activity uses the Faraday’s Law HTML5 simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations. The simulation can be run from most cellphones, tablets and computers. Nothing to download or install. The link for the simulation can be found inside the resource. This product includes: (1) The lab activity worksheets. (2) An answer key for the worksheets. (3) Notes covering a full description of the refraction of light, index of refraction and Snell’s law.
Free Sample: Resistivity
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Free Sample: Resistivity

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This free sample is an example of the type of exercises that are included in my Electric Current, Resistivity & Ohm’s Law product. All products include a variety of conceptual and calculation based exercises. Links to my other electric circuits products are given below. At the top of each worksheet there is link to a video from my YouTube Channel, Step-by-Step Science I currently have over 100K subscribers. My videos give a detailed explanation of the material covered on the worksheets. If students need help understanding the concepts or completing the exercises, they can simply click on the link and watch the YouTube video where the topic is explained in detail. This is an outstanding resource for students who are not able to attend class. The products available for my TpT store are included as PDFs and in editable forms such as Keynote, Pages, PowerPoint and Word. Most include: (1) One or more pages of notes. (2) Sets of exercises for students to practice their problem-solving skills. (3) Answer keys for all exercises. (4) Presentations for use during instruction.