Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Kinematics in Two Dimensions: Section Summary
This is a summary of each of the sections in Chapter 3: Kinematics in Two Dimensions of the AP Physics online text.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: The Plane and the Package
Consider a plane moving with a constant speed at an elevated height above the Earth's surface. In the course of its flight, the plane drops a package from its luggage compartment. This animation depicts such a situation. The path of the...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors/projectiles: Horizontally Launched Projectiles
With this animation, students can imagine a cannonball being launched from a cannon atop a very high cliff. Imagine as well that the cannonball does not encounter a significant amount of air resistance.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: The Monkey and the Zookeeper
Four different animated illustrations that show situations of bananas being thrown at a monkey in different gravity situations.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: Throw With Gravity On
Students can visualize a zookeeper shooting a banana from a banana cannon to a monkey who hangs from the limb of a tree in normal gravity.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors/projectiles: Throw at the Monkey With Gravity On
With this animation and explanation, students can visualize and imagine throwing a banana at a monkey in a normal gravity situation.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: Maximum Range
Students can imagine a cannonball launched at three different launch angles where the speed is held constant; only the angle is changed. The cannonballs do not encounter a significant amount of air resistance. How will the trajectories...
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Ballistics and Orbits Model
Experience a simulation of ballistic trajectories in relationship to Earth's orbit. Java 1.5 or more recent is required.
Other
Institute of Physics: Water Jet Through Rings
Investigate a stream of water following a parabolic path.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors: Non Horizontally Launched Projectile Problems
In this physics tutorial on vectors, the use of kinematic equations to solve non-horizontally launched projectiles is demonstrated.
Walter Fendt
Walter Fendt: Apps Zur Physik
This site, in German, offers numerous apps that illustrate common physics principles. Apps are organized into categories: mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, physics of...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Glossary for Kinematics in Two Dimensions
This is a glossary of terms and definitions used in Chapter 3: Kinematics in Two Dimensions of the AP Physics online text.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: The Car and the Wall
The Physics Classroom uses an animation of a car crash to lead its discussion on the law of inertia.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Shot Under Pressure
Students use their understanding of projectile physics and fluid dynamics to find the water pressure in water guns. By measuring the range of the water jets, they are able to calculate the theoretical pressure. Students create graphs to...
Curated OER
Zona Land: Mechanics and Vectors
An exceptional tutorial on the topic of vectors that offers many helpful graphics, some of which are interactive.
NASA
Nasa: Vectors
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.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: Vector Direction
Through a short informational reading piece and an animated visual, students learn that vectors represent both magnitude and direction.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Magnetic Launcher
Students explore electromagnetism and engineering concepts using optimization techniques to design an efficient magnetic launcher. Groups start by algebraically solving the equations of motion for the velocity at the time when a...
Google
Google for Education: Modeling Pendulums Using Computational Thinking
In this demonstration, students learn how to use computational thinking to discover the laws which govern a pendulum's swing.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Are Velocity Components?
Learn how to simplify vectors by breaking them into parts.