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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Kinematics in Two Dimensions: Section Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a summary of each of the sections in Chapter 3: Kinematics in Two Dimensions of the AP Physics online text.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Drone Delivery Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students find the relationships that govern the behavior of a package that has been released by a drone that is flying horizontally. Students will have control over the drone's height and horizontal speed....
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University of Oregon

Uo: Cannon Simulator: Experimental Instructions

For Students 9th - 10th
This virtual experiment is designed to let the student measure the relation between muzzle velocity (which determines projectile energy), gravitational potential and the effects of frictional drag caused by wind speed blowing opposite to...
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Other

Institute of Physics: Water Jet Through Rings

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate a stream of water following a parabolic path.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Direction on the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using latitude and longitude to find a location.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: High School Toss Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will determine maximum height obtained by an object tossed upward off the roof of a high school. They will also find the total time aloft and the speed with which the object will impact the ground. The acceleration due to...
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Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Apps Zur Physik

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Soccer Kick Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Challenges students to hit as many targets as possible by adjusting the angle of the kick until the angle will create the perfect range for landing on the target.
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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Friction and Fly Balls

For Students 9th - 10th
Try to find the sweet spot for hitting a baseball so that it travels the greatest horizontal distance.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Glossary for Kinematics in Two Dimensions

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a glossary of terms and definitions used in Chapter 3: Kinematics in Two Dimensions of the AP Physics online text.
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Other

Nearpod: Quadratic Equations: The Quadratic Formula

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this lesson, students will solve quadratic equations using the quadratic formula.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: The Car and the Wall

For Students 9th - 10th
The Physics Classroom uses an animation of a car crash to lead its discussion on the law of inertia.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Air Resistance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use the TI-89 to investigate the effect of air resistance on a free-falling object. Examples in the activity use calculator screenprints and keystroke instructions to demonstrate the use of the calculator to solve these problems....
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Google

Google for Education: Modeling Pendulums Using Computational Thinking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this demonstration, students learn how to use computational thinking to discover the laws which govern a pendulum's swing.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: How Does an Ancient and Modern Catapult Work

For Students 4th - 8th
A short explanation of how a catapult works and some examples of them.
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University of Virginia

Univ. Of Virginia: Dialogue Concerning Two New Sciences

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the University of Virginia, contains examples of Galileo's reasoning.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Are Velocity Components?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to simplify vectors by breaking them into parts.

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