Ducksters
Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Momentum and Collisions
Kids learn about momentum and collisions in the science of physics and the laws of motion including units and measurement. Calculate momentum using mass times velocity.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Speed and Velocity
Kids learn about speed and velocity in the science of physics and the laws of motion including units and measurement. What is the difference between speed and velocity?
Learn AP Physics
Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Modern Physics
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews Modern Physics including photons, photoelectric effect, atomic energy levels, The Michelson-Morley experiment, The Lorentz Transformation,...
Learn AP Physics
Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Kinematics
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews kinematics including one and two dimensional motion and vectors. Site contains links to video lectures and practice problems.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Metric Speed (Velocity)
Simple definitions explain how speed and velocity are related. A brief list of examples will show you different speeds that you observe in real life situations.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fitting Models to Data
[Free Registration/Login Required] A basic premise of science is that much of the physical world can be described mathematically and many physical phenomena are predictable. This scientific outlook took place in Europe during the late...
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Curvilinear Motion
Using parametric equations, velocity and acceleration values are determined for objects in curvilinear motion.
Oswego City School District
Oswego City School District: Speed and Velocity
This animated tutorial illustrates distance and displacement to define speed and velocity.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Science of Sports: Better Baseball
Investigate how the application of various principles of physics can improve performance in sports. Perform experiments with Bernoulli's Principle and explore the sports-related inventions of a former physics teacher.
Walter Fendt
Walter Fendt: Projectile Motion
A short interactive activity to show the movement of a projectile. You can change the values of the initial height, velocity, angle of inclination, the mass and the gravitational acceleration.
Walter Fendt
Walter Fendt: Simple Pendulum
This app demonstrates how elongation, velocity, tangential acceleration, force, and energy are affected when a pendulum oscillates.
Michigan Reach Out
Newton's Apple: Soccer
Learning physics can help you win your next soccer game as well as prepare you for your science studies.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Resistance Proportional to Velocity
Resistance to forward movement will be proportional to the velocity of the object. That relationship can be expressed by an equation that you can learn about on this page. Great review for the AP Calculus test!
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Working With Parabolic Projectile Paths
Using the free-fall constants and gravity acceleration equations, we can determine many things about the position, velocity, and speed of a projectile. Here are a few examples and explanations. This is a great review for the AP Calculus...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Free Fall Constants for Earth
When you work with equations that show position, velocity, acceleration of objects that are flying or falling through the air, you will be using the constant that is the acceleration due to gravity. View formulas, explanations, and...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Instantaneous Rates of Change
Prepare for the AP Calculus exam by reviewing the most common relationships that are used in calculus. Formulas and examples are provided.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Acceleration
What is acceleration? Brief article discusses how it is measured, deceleration, and gravity.
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Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)
Educaplus: Altura Maxima Y Alcance [In Spanish]
Perform oblique releases and observe the horizontal range and the maximum height of the projectile.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Acceleration
A GIF animation comparing the motion of three cars. A graphical depiction is given. Includes three thoughtful questions with answers in a pop-up menu.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Velocity Calculator
This velocity calculator uses the equation that the final velocity of an object is equal to its initial velocity added to its acceleration multiplied by time of travel. This calculator does assume constant acceleration during the time...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Momentum Calculator
Choose a calculation for momentum p, mass m or velocity v. Enter the other two values and the calculator will solve for the third in the selected units.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Force Calculator
This calculator will find the missing variable in the physics equation for force (F = m * a), when two of the variables are known.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Weightlessness Experiment
Demonstrate how water and a cup fall at the same rate of speed.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Sports in Physics: Measuring Velocity in a Mini Olympic
The Illinois Institute of Technology provides this site on Physics. It is a student lab investigation in which students compare the concept and quantity of velocity to that of acceleration. Includes directions, ideas for assessment, a...