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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Circular Motion Self Test

For Students 9th - 10th
This game is intended to help students master the basic terms for circular motion. Students will have two minutes to correctly answer as many questions as possible.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Quick Circular Motion Calculations Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
This challenge is designed to help students move back and forth from different circular motion ideas. These ideas include frequency, rpm, period, angular speed, linear speed, total distance and total radians.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Circular Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
This program gives students a visual representation of why an object moving in a circle at constant speed is accelerating. This program will guide students through a method of calculating the circular acceleration based on the change in...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Circular Force Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students find the relationships that affect the force required to keep an object moving in a circle. Students will be able to modify the mass of the object, the speed of the object and the size of the circle...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Circular Motion Learning Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab/learning activity is designed to introduce students to some of the basic terms with circular motion. They will be introduced to rpm, frequency, period, angular frequency, speed and velocity. It is hoped that students will be...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Classic Circular Force Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to examine the relationships between the force, mass, and radius of an object moving in a circular path and the velocity it must maintain to stay in that circular path. This lab is an idealized version of the string...
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated examples and interactive exercises, students explore acceleration of an object moving in a circular motion.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Newton's 2nd Law Revisited

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive module, students use free-body diagrams, Newton's second law equation, and circular motion concepts to analyze a variety of physical situations involving the motion of objects in circles or along curved paths.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation: Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This page features a summary of each section of Chapter 6: Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation: Glossary

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a glossary of terms and definitions used in Chapter 6: Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum: Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This page provides a summary of each section in Chapter 10: Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum: Glossary

For Students 11th - 12th
This is the glossary of terms and definitions used in Chapter 10: Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum from the AP Physics online text.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Uniform Circular Motion and Simple Harmonic Motion

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to compare simple harmonic motion with uniform circular motion.
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University of Guelph

University of Guelph: Physics Tutorials: What Is Torque?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an introductory look at torque, the measure of how much a force acting on an object causes that object to rotate. Provides a definition of torque, illustrations, and also a formula to define torque.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Yo Yo

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Understand the dynamics of rotating objects in the context of a spinning yo-yo using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available. [3:29]
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Preschool Races

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between rotational and translational kinetic energy, and how each are exchanged when objects roll down inclined ramps using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and...
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Speed and Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive module, describe and explain the motion of objects that either move in circles or can be approximated to be moving in circles. Kinematic concepts and motion principles will be applied to the motion of objects in...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Angular Acceleration and Angular Second Law

For Students 9th - 10th
On this site, students can practice applying their knowledge of the angular second law to predict what would happen between applied force and angular acceleration.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Reference material that reviews how objects rotate and can have linear momentum and angular momentum. Also, learn how the angular momentum of an object can change when torque is applied to an object over time.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Physics for High School

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital textbook covers core physics concepts and includes interactive features, real world examples, videos, and study guides.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Mechanics of Solids

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the mechanics of solids. Webpage includes forty-one lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary in length and...
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Moment of Inertia

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a moment of inertia course taught at East Los Angeles College. The course teaches moment of inertia explaining the theory and giving examples with nine lectures. Lectures vary in length.
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Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Moments of Force and Torque

For Students 9th - 10th
Through an online slide-show format, learn about force and torque.
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Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Forces and Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
See how motion is converted and the energy associated with the motion is used to do work.