Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Direction

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete lesson/tutorial on vectors. Learn about vector addition, vector resolution, vector components, and resultants. Numerous examples and learning exercises are provided.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Gyroscopic Effects: Vector Aspects of Angular Momentum

For Students 11th - 12th
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...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Vector Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Velocity and Acceleration Vectors

For Students 9th - 10th
This 11-problem quiz/practice helps students to understand how velocity and acceleration can be represented using vectors.
Activity
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Relative Velocity Riverboat Problems

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

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Marching Band Vector Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find out the velocity vector for a student practicing their marching at night under a strobe light.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Radar Vector Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
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
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: To Survive at High Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA looks at speed, velocity, and centripetal force on the racetrack. [6:28]
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Velocity 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using mathematic equations for speed and velocity students will breakdown one dimensional motion.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Analyzing Plate Motion Using Earth Scope Gps Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Speed and Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated examples and interactive practice problems, students examine the difference between speed and velocity.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Kinematics in Two Dimensions: Addition of Velocities

For Students 11th - 12th
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.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Gyroscopic Effects: Vector Aspects of Angular Momentum

For Students 11th - 12th
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.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Velocity

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[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.
Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Vectors and Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the properties of velocity, acceleration, and force vectors in this illustrated article.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Scalars and Vectors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This illustrated tutorial focuses on several examples of vector and scalar quantities including distance, displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Vector Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to use vector diagrams to describe the velocity of a moving object during its motion.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Vector Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
The process of programming motion using vectors while adding velocity to the position.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Motion and Forces in Two Dimensions: Relative Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Are Velocity Components?

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

Zona Land: Components of a Vector

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Motion and Forces in Two Dimensions: Vector Components

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine examples of vectors that are directed in two dimensions- upward and rightward, northward and westward, eastward and southward, etc.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Speed & Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
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]
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Are Velocity vs. Time Graphs?

For Students 9th - 10th
How to analyze graphs that relate velocity and time to acceleration and displacement.

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