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NASA Spotlites videos are short (90-120 second) student-produced videos designed to address science misconceptions. The videos are used within classroom-ready 5E lessons that utilize interactive technologies. Lessons foster conceptual change and deeper understanding of scientific vocabulary.

Objects at Rest

Students often have a difficult time understanding that objects at rest have balanced forces.

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Interactive Lesson: Objects at Rest

Objects at Rest

Student producers from Hampton City Schools in Hampton, Virginia, confront the misconception that objects at rest have no forces acting on them.

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Forces on Stationary Objects
Student producers from Virginia Tech Summer Bridge Program confront the misconception that objects at rest have no forces acting on them.