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.
Curated OER
Zona Land: Mechanics and Vectors
An exceptional tutorial on the topic of vectors that offers many helpful graphics, some of which are interactive.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Transformations: Revisiting Congruence
This site presents information on the three basic transformations of figures in a plane: Reflections, Rotations, and Translations.
University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska: Vectors and Vector Addition
This resource provides an introduction to vectors and their additive properties.
University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska: Unit Vectors
In this resource unit vectors are defined and examples are given here. Notation is discussed also.
University of Nebraska
Base Vectors and Vector Components
Defines base vectors and components with illustrations.
University of Nebraska
Vector Algebra: Base Vectors and Vector Components
Defines base vectors and components with illustrations.
University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska: The Cross Product
This resource provides a definition and demonstration of the cross product.
University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska: The Triple Product
This resource provides a description and formulas for finding the triple product.
University of Nebraska
A Vector Connecting Two Points
This page explains the properties and formulas resulting from forming a vector from two points on a three dimensional plane.
University of Nebraska
Rectangular Components in 2 D
This resource provides a description of components of vectors and their notation.
University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska: Rectangular Components in 2 D
This resource provides a description of components of vectors and their notation.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Applications of Trigonometry
Dr. Math answers a word problem involving the use of vectors.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Unit Vector
This page defines the unit vector, a vector of length one in the same direction as a given vector. (The term "norm" can be interpreted in many cases as "length.") Provides formulas, references, and links.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Vector
This site from Mathworld.com provides a detailed overview of vectors in algebra, and includes numerous formulas and examples.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Riding the Waves
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the idea of vector fields. While no "formal math" is done in this lesson, students will learn to follow a vector field both forward and backward to see...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Polygons and Vectors
Students understand the concepts of vectors and their resultant. They get acquainted with the parallelogram law of vector addition.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Visualizing Vectors
In this activity, students use the CellSheet Application to graph vectors. They also learn to find the sum of two vectors.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Vector Treasure Hunt
Learners work in groups to find a "treasure" using directions from a map that has been torn into sections, and the directions are written as vectors.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Movimientos en El Plano
In Spanish. This is an approach to the concept of free vector and its coordinates, calculating translation and symmetries of simple figures.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Vectores en El Plano
In Spanish. Interactive activities to introduce the concept of a vector and its different operations.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Geometria Metrica
In Spanish. This interactive unit examines how to measure in space. The basic tools are the scalar and vectors.
University of Manchester
Umist: Mathematical Formula Tables
This site has links to tables of mathematical formulas. To view them, the student must download the formulas in pdf format.
Other
Scientific Visualization: Vector Calculation
A Java applet on vector addition. Users drag two or more vectors to be added together. Clicking a button shows the resultant of the vectors.