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.

Through interactive illustrations and practice problems, students study Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation.

This simulation explores changing forces to move a heavy cart to exact positions.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Understand the concept of rotational inertia [moment of inertia) by analyzing the motion of a circus tightrope walker using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also...

This study information helps students apply Newton's third law and understand forces.

Words and equations are used to explain the relationship between angular acceleration and the torque exerted upon an object. Well-written; great graphics.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to calculate acceleration from force and mass, and force from mass and acceleration.

Includes exhaustive information and a wealth of activities pertaining to aerodynamics and the physics of flight.

Swing virtual pendulums and compare the motion of one oscillating weight on a horizontal spring to a second weight on another spring. Then, compare how these motions differ from the motion of a simple pendulum.

This site from NASA provides an excellent tutorial on vectors and their use in physics to describe the motion of objects. Vector addition and resolution are illustrated.

Students must determine the force of friction on a car on a turn and the maximum speed the car could navigate a turn.

This article on weight will help you prepare for the AP Physics test. Included are example problems to help you practice.

In this simulation, students pretend to launch bananas from a canon to the monkeys at the zoo. The monkeys sometimes let go of the branch at the exact moment the banana is launched. So the students must determine the correct aim angle...

Students must determine where a soccer ball will hit a wall based on the speed with which it is kicked. Students will also need to find the time in the air in milliseconds. This problem does not take place on Earth.

Students analyze a collision between a moving cart and a dropped brick that lands on top of it. They use position-time data to determine the pre- and post-collision speeds of the cart and the brick. The individual momentum values of the...

Students explore different situations where two side-by-side carts on a low-friction track push away from each other and travel in opposite directions. The goal is to investigate the effects on the relative mass.

A virtual collision track with colliding or exploding carts allows students to explore elastic and inelastic collisions. They can vary the mass of the two carts and their pre-collision velocities. An accompanying activity sheet which...

A virtual collision track with colliding or exploding carts allows students to explore elastic and inelastic collisions. They can vary the mass and velocities of the two carts. An accompanying activity sheet which focuses on elastic...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to draw a velocity-time graph and what it represents.

Students must predict the distance a box will move up an incline based on energy conservation. There will be friction present and some of the original KE will turn into heat.

Students must determine the power that is being exerted by a motor to pull a person up a frictionless incline.

Students must predict the distance traveled by a person on a sled. The person will start with potential energy due to gravity and then lose some energy on a hill. They will then lose the remaining energy on a level surface. You have to...

This lab was designed to have students practice the Atwood lab prior to doing it for real. Students can adjust the masses and the planet and then collect position vs. time data and velocity vs. time data.

Students must find out force normal on an object on an incline at the angle at which the object is first about to slip.