Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Using Geometry to Design Simple Machines
An MIT engineering professor offers a fun presentation on simple machines, specifically the geometry involved in building them. Young scholars will learn about kinematics ("geometry in motion") and build their own simple machines with a...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Linear Motion
A learning module where students gain an understanding of the relationships between the different kinds of motion. Students will be able to explain free-fall motion and use kinematics equations to calculate problems involving falling...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Physics: Classical Mechanics
College-level online course highlighting the study of classical mechanics. This course focuses on Newtonian mechanics, fluid mechanics, and kinetic gas theory. Course features include a 35 video lecture series by Walter Lewin. Also link...
University of California
Ucla: Speed and Velocity
Discusses the meaning of velocity in terms of a graphical representation. Calculus-based discussion. Good graphics.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab: Horizontally Launched Projectiles (With Uncertainty Analysis)
This lab takes a "time- tested" lab and puts a new spin on it by using the uncertainty of all measurements and uncertainty of their prediction. Students will use this measurement technique while using the kinematics equation to predict...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Projectile Motion
An interactive simulation that teaches about kinematics, air resistance, and parabolic curve by shooting a car out of a cannon while trying to hit a target. Observe how changes in angle, initial speed, mass, air resistance, and drag...
Other
Universidad Del Pais Vasco: Curso Interactivo De Fisica en Internet
This is a general Physics course from simple concepts such as the rectilinear movement to more complex as the energy bands of solids. Interactivity is achieved by the 646 applets embedded in web pages that are simulations of physical...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Problem Solving Basics for One Dimensional Kinematics
In this interactive module, students will apply problem-solving steps and strategies to solve problems of one-dimensional kinematics. They will also apply strategies to determine whether or not the result of a problem is reasonable, and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: One Dimensional Kinematics
Using only two of our fundamental units, time and displacement students will build a framework to predict the motion of objects, starting with one dimensional motion.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Rotational Kinematics and Energy
This module is the introduction to model rotational motion. All of the concepts are conveniently recast into forms that have the same mathematical forms as their translational counterparts.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Kinematics in Two Dimensions: An Introduction
In this interactive module, students will observe that motion in two dimensions consists of horizontal and vertical components. They will understand the independence of horizontal and vertical vectors in two-dimensional motion.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Kinematics of Rotational Motion
From a chapter on Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter discusses the kinematics of rotational motion, equations to use, and strategies for solving problems in rotational kinematics....
OpenStax
Open Stax: Displacement
In this module students will learn how to define position, displacement, distance, and distance traveled. They will explain the relationship between position and displacement and they will distinguish between displacement and distance...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Projectile Motion
The following interactive helps students understan how to identify and xplain the properties of a projectile, such as acceleration due to gravity, range, maximum height, and trajectory. They will determine the location and velocity of a...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Motion in One Dimension
Given descriptions, illustrations, graphs, charts, or equations, students will analyze motion in one dimension.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Reactions & Rates
Explore what makes a reaction happen by colliding atoms and molecules. Design experiments with different reactions, concentrations, and temperatures. When are reactions reversible? What affects the rate of a reaction?
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: The Biomechanics of Pitching
The goal of this sports science fair project is to learn more about the biomechanics of baseball pitching. The student will investigate if stepping forward and the length of the step affects the speed of the pitch. The Science Buddies...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics
A six-lesson e-textbook covering topics in one dimension kinematics. Lessons include informational text, interactive activities, and quick, interactive comprehension checks along the way.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Kinematics: Name That Motion Interactive
Try one of eleven challenges which present learners with an animated motion of a car. After viewing the motion, match it to the correct description. Feedback is immediate and multiple attempts to get the description correct are allowed.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Projectile Motion
Students are introduced to the concept of projectile motion, of which they are often familiar from life experiences,such as playing sports such as basketball or baseball, even though they may not understand the physics involved. Students...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Motion Equations for Constant Acceleration in One Dimension
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Calculate displacement of an object that is not accelerating, given initial position and velocity; Calculate final velocity of an accelerating object, given initial...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Kinematics: Graphical Analysis of One Dimensional Motion
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe a straight-line graph in terms of its slope and y-intercept, determine average velocity or instantaneous velocity from a graph of position vs. time, determine average or...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Kinematics: Falling Objects
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the effects of gravity on objects in motion, describe the motion of objects that are in free fall, and calculate the position and velocity of objects in free fall.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Kinematics Problems & Exercises
This page provides problems and exercises for each section of Chapter 2: Kinematics. There are 64 questions listed by section titles.