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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Add & Subtract Vectors

For Students 9th - 10th
Add and subtract vectors given in component form. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Velocity Vector in 3 D

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A program that will randomly move an object from one location to another in three-dimensional space. You must determine the three components of the velocity vector that is created by this movement and also the speed of the object during...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Positions and Midpoints in Two Dimensions

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Position vectors and identifying midpoints in 2 dimensions
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Unit Vectors and Components

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you'll learn how to break down a vector into component vectors and unit vectors.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Resultant of Two Displacements

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Determine the physical description of vector displacement additions.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Vector Addition

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to add two vectors.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Force

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of force, how it relates to motion, and force as a vector.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Applications of Matrices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Provides resources for working with 2 x 2 matrices as transformations of the plane, and interpreting the absolute value of the determinant in terms of area.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Unit Vectors and Components

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A collection of learning resources to help students understand how to find the components of a vector by subtracting the coordinates of an initial point from the...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Vectors as Directed Line Segments

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Resources for learning about vectors as directed line segments.
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Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: Vectors

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides an excellent tutorial on vectors and their use in physics to describe the motion of objects. Vector addition and resolution are illustrated.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Angular Velocity

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Measure angular velocity.
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Activity
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Polar Form of Complex Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Using vectors as a starting point, this site demonstrates how complex numbers can be written in polar form. Several examples are included that require you to write complex numbers in polar and rectangular form and also represent them...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Vectors Drive the Boat

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Using a combination of online exploration and teacher instruction young scholars will discover that vectors have both magnitude and direction. They will be able to use vectors to represent problem situations. Students will also be will...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Swim the Open Sea: Analyzing Dual Vectors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars will explore the accomplishment and societal repercussions of Gertrude Ederle being the first woman to swim the English Channel. They will also model vectors representing the currents she had to face to accomplish these...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Jump!!! An Exploration Into Parametric Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use vectors and parametric equations to determine the velocity that they should jump out of the window of a burning building in order to land safely into the rescue net. They will work in small groups and utilize graphing...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Adding and Decomposing Vectors Using Trigonometry

For Students 9th - 10th
Use trigonometry to practice adding, decomposing, and finding vector angles from physics word problems.
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Start: How Do Computers Simulate the Motion of Virtual Particles?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson we'll explore how we use fairly simple physics to draw particles which move according to the forces we feel in the real world (such as wind & gravity).
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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.
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Climate Change and Vector Borne Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Vector-borne diseases are transmitted typically by the bite of an infected arthropod. Climate plays an important role in the seasonal pattern or temporal distribution of diseases that are carried and transmitted through vectors because...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Add Vectors: Magnitude & Direction to Component

For Students 9th Standards
Add two vectors in magnitude and direction form to get a new vector in component form.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Add & Subtract Matrices

For Students 9th
Find the matrix that is the result of the addition or subtraction of two given matrices.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: 2 D Divergence Theorem

For Students 11th
This is the analog of Green's theorem, but for divergence instead of curl.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Analyzing Vectors Using Trigonometry Review

For Students 9th - 10th
A page to go over the skills for analyzing vectors. Review how to find horizontal and vertical components of vectors on this site.