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Science for Kids

Science Kids: Sports Videos: Baseball Pitching Physics

9th - 10th
Learn about velocity, force, arm trajectory, and more in this exploration of baseball pitching physics. [8:33]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Physics 1 Review of 1 D Motion

9th - 10th
In this video, review 1D motion for AP Physics 1. Review over the concepts covered in the course on in 1D motion. Concepts are reviewed conceptually and example problems worked. [16:02]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Centripetal Force and Acceleration Intuition

9th - 10th
This video shows the direction of the force in cases of circular motion at constant speeds. Several examples of centripetal force in everyday life are given. [10:46]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Space Station Speed in Orbit

9th - 10th
Sal Khan looks at the speed necessary for the space station to stay in orbit. [6:35]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mass Swinging in a Horizontal Circle

9th - 10th
In this video, David from Khan Academy explains how to solve for the tension and speed of a mass swinging at an angle in a horizontal circle. [12:38]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Loop De Loop Question

9th - 10th
Students will be asked to find the minimum speed necessary to complete the loop de loop shown in the video. [3:00]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Loop De Loop Answer Part 2

9th - 10th
Watch as Sal Khan figures out a car's average speed while completing a loop de loop. [4:47]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Loop De Loop Answer Part 1

9th - 10th
Watch as Sal Khan figures out the minimum speed at the top of a loop de loop for a car stay on the track. [6:04]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Visual Understanding of Centripetal Acceleration Formula

9th - 10th
This video gives a visual understanding of how centripetal acceleration relates to velocity and radius. [9:47]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Race Cars With Constant Speed Around Curve

9th - 10th
Using a racetrack as an example, this video demonstrates when acceleration could involve a change in direction and not speed.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Deriving Formula for Centripetal Acceleration From Angular Velocity

9th - 10th
Sal Khan explains how to derive the formula for centripetal acceleration in terms of angular velocity using linear speed formula. [5:29]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Acceleration of Aircraft Carrier Take Off

9th - 10th
In this video,you will find out how to determine acceleration by knowing the runway length and take-off velocity. Video includes step-by-step process to solve this problem. [14:15]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Relating Angular and Regular Motion Variables

9th - 10th
In this video David shows how to relate the angular displacement to the arc length, angular velocity to the speed, and angular acceleration to the tangential acceleration. [14:36]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Finding an in Between Frame of Reference

9th - 10th
Let's use Einstein velocity addition to find a frame of reference where A and B are traveling in opposite directions at the same speed. [8:11]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Radius Comparison From Velocity and Angular Velocity: Example

9th - 10th
Watch as Sal Khan predicts which spinning disc has a larger radius from angular velocity and the linear velocity of a point on the edge. [3:58]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Linear Velocity Comparison From Radius & Angular Velocity: Example

9th - 10th
Sal Khan explains linear velocity from the radius and angular velocity using two pumpkin catapults with different arm lengths as an example. [5:30]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Optimal Angle for Projectile Part 3: Horiz Dist, Funct of Angle

11th - 12th
In this video, Sal Khan will finish writing the formula for distance as a function of the angle. [2:38]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Optimal Angle for Projectile Part 1: Components of Initial Velocity

11th - 12th
You want a projectile to fly as far as possible, at which angle should you launch it? We'll start with formulas for the initial velocity. [5:49]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Force vs. Time Graphs

9th - 10th
Investigate how to use force vs. time graph to find the change in momentum in this video. See how to solve an example problem to find the final velocity of a spaceship. [8:13]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Momentum

9th - 10th
A video exploring momentum and how it is beyond its equation of mass times velocity. [9:18]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Airbus A380 Take Off Distance

9th - 10th
This video solves the problem of how long of a runway an A380 needs. [5:29]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Airbus A380 Take Off Time

9th - 10th
Sal Khan figures out how long it takes an A380 to take off given a constant acceleration. [8:08]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Deriving the Shortcut to Solve Elastic Collision Problems

9th - 10th
In this video, David derives the expression that we can use as a shortcut to solve for finding the velocities in an elastic collision problem. [12:21]
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:hockey

3rd - 8th
Examine different types of hockey sticks while watching kids use the scientific method to learn how a hockey stick's flex affects shooting power and accuracy.