This slideshow gives an advanced-level explanation of how to calculate the distance that tectonic plates move by using Physics formulas and concepts. Includes a discussion of marine magnetic anomalies and how these impact plate movement....

This lesson will demonstrate how to solve uniform motions problems using weighted averages. Students can watch a PowerPoint presentation and then take an online quiz.

This lesson will demonstrate how to solve uniform motions problems using weighted averages. Student can watch a presentation and then take an online quiz.

A detailed explanation of retrograde motion with three different explanations and movies to accompany them. Additional links are available for more research.

This simulation allows students to make observations about how particle motion changes as the overall temperature of a liquid changes.

Learn how the molecular movement in different temperature water affects the density of the liquid.

An introductory lesson describing the definition of energy, and highlighting different sources of usable energy.

Four animations showing the movements of surface waves and body waves that are created by earthquakes. Includes P, S, Rayleigh, and Love waves.

Historical scenario in "real time" shows the morning of the first day of the New York City Draft Riots, Monday, July 13, 1863. [7:42]

This scenario shows the spread of the weevil and a few of the songs that singers such as Charley Patton, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and others created in the wake of its devastation. Click on the events to see the details of the...

Explore this "real time" scenario to learn about the intruder who entered the White House on September 19, 2014 with a folding knife and had 800 rounds of ammunition in his car.

Slide the temperature gauge and see what happens to the movement of the molecules.

These are the lecture notes from a course on visual communication that uses Herbert Zettl's book "Sight Sound Motion." This PowerPoint outline (in PDF format) identifies the key points in chapters 14, 17, and 18. These chapters are about...

A large collection of visual illusions and anomalous motion illusions. The latter can potentially make a person feel dizzy and should be viewed or shared with caution.

These are the lecture notes from a course on visual communication that uses Herbert Zettl's book "Sight Sound Motion." This PowerPoint outline (in PDF format) identifies the key points in chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 4 looks at the...

This lesson will present how light and motion energy can be used to power machines. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Energy: Machines, Motion and Light."

Research In Motion (RIM) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. RIM technology powers the BlackBerry wireless platform.

This presentation explains why an object remains at rest, despite the fact that the particles within the object are in motion.

This site provides a moving diagram of a Lunar eclipse, showing Earth's umbra and penumbra and the appearance of the Moon as it passes through these shadow regions.

Explore this animated historical map showcasing the strike at the Loray Mill in 1929, the trial of the strikers, the murder of Ella May Wiggins, a mill worker who was a labor organizer, and the investigation of her murder.

This lesson introduces Newton's First Law, that inertia causes objects at rest to remain at rest, and objects in motion to remain in motion. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Newton's First Law."

Explore molecular motion and attraction, and see how those phenomena affect the matter they comprise.

Discover how the molecular make-up of water affects its density.

Need some practice drawing free-body diagrams? This slideshow lesson gives several examples of different situations and the forces that need to be shown in the free-body diagram.