Solve problems using vectors that involve velocity, speed, direction, and magnitude. Includes examples and practice problems. Click on the buttons under the practice questions to see the solutions.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Measure angular velocity.

In this activity, students use TI-Interactive! or TI-83/84's to explore the independence of vertical and horizontal velocity components for swimmers crossing a river.

The goal of this activity is to get students to think about what is happening when velocity and acceleration vectors point in different directions. The pictures, sentences, and cars used allow the students to picture each situation in...

This brief overview distinguishes speed and velocity. Vectors are explained along with acceleration and gravitation. Diagrams are used to help explain these concepts.

Students must show they are able to find the components of a velocity vector and that they can calculate the velocity vector from the components. Students must be able to get 5 in a row correct to receive credit for this assignment.

Observe the three planes in an animation where each plane flies amidst a wind that blows at 20 mph. Learn how tailwinds affect the resultant velocities.

Can you predict how the components of projectile's velocity and acceleration change during their trajectory? This practice includes questions for students to test their problem solving skills with angled launch projectile vectors.

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...

Imagine a pickup truck moving with a constant speed along a city street. In the course of its motion, a ball is projected straight upwards by a launcher located in the bed of the truck (with no air resistance). This animation depicts the...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Solve problems involving velocity and other quantities that can be represented by vectors.

Students learn how to describe the motion of projectiles numerically; specifically how the numerical values of the x and y components of the velocity and displacement change with time. Includes animations and interactive simulation.

Scroll down to Lesson 2 for a complete tutorial on projectile motion. Content covered in these tutorials includes an explanation of what a projectile is, what the characteristics of a projectile's trajectory are, horizontal and vertical...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Determine the physical description of vector displacement additions.

This animated tutorial illustrates distance and displacement to define speed and velocity.

Students understand that vectors have both magnitude and direction components as they investigate velocity and acceleration vectors.

Practice problems dealing with displacement, velocity, and acceleration vectors for horizontally launched projectiles. In these practice problems, students will compare initial speed and time in the air for multiple projectiles.

Learn about position, velocity, and acceleration vectors by moving the ladybug. Set the position, velocity, or acceleration, and see how the vectors change.

Try the new "Ladybug Motion 2D" simulation for the latest updated version of the original game. Learn about position, velocity, and acceleration vectors.

Join the ladybug in an exploration of rotational motion. Rotate the merry-go-round to change its angle, or choose a constant angular velocity or angular acceleration. Explore how circular motion relates to the bug's x,y position,...

An animation showing a projectile that is launched horizontally. Animation shows the horizontal and vertical components and their velocity.

An animation showing a projectile that is launched at an angle. Animation shows the horizontal and vertical components and their velocity.

At the bottom of this page from the Georgia State University, you will two real-world applications of the Laws of Sines and Cosines (in the context of velocity vectors.)

In this physics activity, students will simulate a race car on a circular track. Velocity, acceleration, and force vectors will be analyzed at various places along the track. As the students progress in the activity, prompts for student...