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Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Direction
A complete lesson/tutorial on vectors. Learn about vector addition, vector resolution, vector components, and resultants. Numerous examples and learning exercises are provided.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Gyroscopic Effects: Vector Aspects of Angular Momentum
From a chapter on Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter explains how to use the right-hand rule to determine direction for angular velocity, momentum, and torque. Also discusses the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Vector Word Problems
Apply what you've learned about vectors to solve some word problems! Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Velocity and Acceleration Vectors
This 11-problem quiz/practice helps students to understand how velocity and acceleration can be represented using vectors.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Relative Velocity Riverboat Problems
This thorough explanation from the Glenbrook High School of different kinds of vector problems address relative velocity with an airplane and riverboat. Includes examples and a five question practice quiz. Answers with all work shown are...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Marching Band Vector Problem
Students must find out the velocity vector for a student practicing their marching at night under a strobe light.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Radar Vector Problem
Students must find out the velocity vector for a plane based on readings they take from a radar screen. This video helps students solve the problem: https://youtu.be/y7jOBYseolU
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: To Survive at High Velocity
This video segment adapted from NOVA looks at speed, velocity, and centripetal force on the racetrack. [6:28]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Velocity 1
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using mathematic equations for speed and velocity students will breakdown one dimensional motion.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Analyzing Plate Motion Using Earth Scope Gps Data
In this chapter, you will access Global Positioning System (GPS) data from the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) and analyze the data in a spreadsheet to measure the motion of GPS stations in the Pacific Northwest. From your analyses, you...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Speed and Velocity
Through illustrated examples and interactive practice problems, students examine the difference between speed and velocity.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Kinematics in Two Dimensions: Addition of Velocities
By the end of this section, you will be able to apply principles of vector addition to determine relative velocity and explain the significance of the observer in the measurement of velocity.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Gyroscopic Effects: Vector Aspects of Angular Momentum
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the right-hand rule to find the direction of angular velocity, momentum, and torque; explain the gyroscopic effect; and study how Earth acts like a gigantic gyroscope.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Velocity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Difference between velocity and speed, using vector arrows to represent velocity, objects that have different velocities and how to calculate average velocity.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Vectors and Motion
Learn more about the properties of velocity, acceleration, and force vectors in this illustrated article.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Scalars and Vectors
This illustrated tutorial focuses on several examples of vector and scalar quantities including distance, displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Vector Diagrams
Learn how to use vector diagrams to describe the velocity of a moving object during its motion.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Vector Motion
The process of programming motion using vectors while adding velocity to the position.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Motion and Forces in Two Dimensions: Relative Velocity
Through illustrated examples and interactive practice problems, students explore problems that involve relative velocity- where the actual motion of an object is different than its motion relative to a stationary observer.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Are Velocity Components?
Learn how to simplify vectors by breaking them into parts.
Curated OER
Zona Land: Components of a Vector
An interactive Java applet where users can rotate a vector about its tail and view the components of that vector. Magnitude of the components is updated on screen as the vector is dragged.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Motion and Forces in Two Dimensions: Vector Components
Students examine examples of vectors that are directed in two dimensions- upward and rightward, northward and westward, eastward and southward, etc.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Speed & Velocity
A slide show with three accompanying video lesson segments illustrating the difference between speed and velocity, and demonstrating how to calculate average speed and velocity. [6:31]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Are Velocity vs. Time Graphs?
How to analyze graphs that relate velocity and time to acceleration and displacement.