TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Super Spinners!
Use this hands-on activity to demonstrate rotational inertia, rotational speed, angular momentum, and velocity. Students build at least two simple spinners to conduct experiments with different mass distributions and shapes, as they...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Ring Around the Rosie
Students learn the concept of angular momentum and its correlation to mass, velocity and radius. They experiment with rotation and an object's mass distribution. In an associated literacy activity, students use basic methods of...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analyzing Two Dimensional Motion
Given descriptions, illustrations, graphs, charts, or equations, students will analyze motion in two dimensions, including projectile and circular motion.
Other
Precession of a Gyroscope and of the Earth's Axis
Describes and calculates the precession of a gyroscope and also discusses the precession of the Earth's axis. Includes several pictures, diagrams, formulas, and details.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix Series: Circular Motion
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore circular motion on an interactive merry-go-round by changing the position of the riders. After the activity, answer a challenge question to check for understanding.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Components of Circular Motion
A video lesson that introduces the components of circular motion. Understand that any objects that rotates around a point is in circular motion. Video also explores how to measure how far an object has rotated. Video gives equation for...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Measuring Circular Motion
Watch this descriptive tutorial, and learn how to figure the rotational motion of an object. [5:23]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Practice Measuring Circular Motion
A narrated screencast which demonstrates how to measure circular motion. [4:41]
University of Maryland
Thinking Problems in Oscillations and Waves: Pendulum
A series of thought-intensive, multichoice questions concerning pendulums and provided for by the University of Maryland. A downloadable software program on pendulums is also included.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems:kinetic Energy of Object Traveling in a Circle
Students must determine the kinetic energy of a ball moving in a circular path.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Escape From a Kuiper Belt Object
Students must predict the speed of an object if it is to escape from a Kuiper Belt object.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: 2 D Momentum Conservation With Energy
Students must predict the KE added to the system when a Kuiper Belt Object is hit with an explosive charge. Students must first look at the momentum of each piece after the explosion to determine the original speed of the Kuiper Belt...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Ice Bucket Challenge
Students must calculate the maximum and minimum speeds for a bucket whirled in a vertical circle.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Rotational Kinematics: Jersey Sure Level 1
Students must predict the stopping location for a prize wheel at the Jersey Shore. Requires rotational kinematics equations only. This video describes the problem: https://youtu.be/SRdkZv2xtsc
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Rotational Kinematics Energy: Jersey Sure 2
Students must predict the stopping location for a prize wheel at the Jersey Shore. Requires rotational kinematics equations and the equations for rotational kinetic energy.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Force Normal on Spinning Space Station
Students must calculate the number of rotations per hour required to create a certain force normal on a spinning space station.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Ice Bucket Challenge Level 1
Students must calculate the maximum and minimum speeds for a bucket whirled in a vertical circle.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Oh Snap
Students must determine speed and rpm of a object on a string at the moment when the string snaps that is holding the ball in a circular path.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Race Track Interactive
Apply forces to a race car in order to drive a lap around an oval track. The track becomes narrower with each of the three levels. Horizontal and vertical velocities are displayed, allowing students to make wise choices regarding the...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Balance and Rotation: Rotational Velocity Interactive
Explore the relationship between the angular and linear velocity for two bugs on a rotating disk.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion:circular Motion Mathematics
Using the values of speed, acceleration, and force, students explore and analyze the motion of objects in circles.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Athletics
Students investigate a variety of applications of circular motion principles to the world of sports, and use Newton's laws to mathematically analyze such motions. The emphasis will not be upon an investigation of the details of every...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Circular, Satellite, Rotational: Uniform Circular Motion
Uniform circular motion can be described as the motion of an object in a circle at a constant speed. This animation depicts this by means of a vector arrow.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Slice the String
This game is intended to give students an intuitive feel for the direction the velocity for an object in circular motion. The objects is to score as many points in two minutes as possible. You earn more points the closer you are to the...