Learning Farm
Learning Farm: Matter and Mass
Practice what you know about matter and mass. Choose between test mode and game mode to answer questions pertinent to matter and mass.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Resistance Proportional to Velocity
Resistance to forward movement will be proportional to the velocity of the object. That relationship can be expressed by an equation that you can learn about on this page. Great review for the AP Calculus test!
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)
Educaplus: Dinamicas De Dos Masas Que Cuelgan De Una Polea [In Spanish]
This is a short demonstration to see the dynamics of two masses connected by a pulley.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: 3rd Grade Halloween Math Game
Be ready to smash the monsters by solving problems involving volume, mass, and time in this math game.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Momentum Calculator
Choose a calculation for momentum p, mass m or velocity v. Enter the other two values and the calculator will solve for the third in the selected units.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Density Calculator
Choose a calculation for density p, mass m or Volume V. Enter the other two values and the calculator will solve for the third in the selected units.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Lab Work Forces & Acceleration
The Illinois Institute of Technology provides this site. The site contains a graphing activity which illustrates that a constant force exerted upon an object results in constant acceleration. Rolling carts and stopwatches are used to...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Colliding Spheres
This lab activity from the Illinois Institute of Technology lets students investigate the impact of collisions upon the velocity and momentum of the colliding objects. Requires understanding of vectors.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Weightlessness Experiment
Demonstrate how water and a cup fall at the same rate of speed.
NASA
Nasa: Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics
This site from NASA discusses application of Newton's first law of motion to airplane motion. Includes a graphic and an accompanying explanation.
NASA
Nasa: Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics
This site from NASA provides a graphic depicting Newton's second law. Graphic is accompanied by an explanation. Part of a larger site with additional information on Newton's laws.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Momentum Conserved
This site by the Illinois Institute of Technology gives a Lab activity in which students use a variety of toys to discover Newton's second law and momentum conservation. Newton's cradle, skate boards, and a toy motorcycle are incoporated...