Stanford University
Stanford University: Conventionality of Simultaneity
This site from Stanford University is on the topic of simultaneity in relativity.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Ejs Simultaneity Model
A model for examining the simultaneity of two events where the relative velocity and the wave source, either light or sound, can be manipulated.
Other
Fear of Physics: Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Fear of Physics uses animations and simple language to teach the theory of relativity.
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Average Velocity and Speed
Gain an understanding of average velocity and speed with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition and examples that enhance further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physics: Uniform Acceleration
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Provides a definition for uniform acceleration and the formulas relating initial velocity, final velocity, time, and acceleration. Includes interactive simulation.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Particle Calculations
Apply what you've learned to calculate the position and velocity of a particle over time with this 8-problem quiz/practice.
PBS
Pbs: A Classical and Relativistic Trip to a Black Hole
This PBS site is a classroom activity that takes a trip to a black hole. Students apply calculations on distance, velocity, acceleration, time, circular motion, density, and more.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Meaning of Slope for a P T Graph
In this physics tutorial, examine how the actual slope value of any straight line on a PT graph is the velocity of the object.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Are Position vs. Time Graphs?
What can you learn from graphs that relate position and time and how are they useful? Article relates what the verticle axis, slope, and curvature represents on a position graph and provides examples.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Ladybug Revolution
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,...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Currents, Resistors, and Power
In this interactive tutorial students will learn about electric current, resistance and current density. Learn how current density relates to electric field strength and how resistance produces heat.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Speed of a Neural Impulse
Read the passage "The Speed of a Neural Impulse" and completed the related five-question quiz.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Magical Motion
Students watch video clips from the October Sky and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movies to see examples of projectile motion. Then they explore the relationships between displacement, velocity and acceleration, and calculate...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Projectile Magic
Learners watch video clips from October Sky and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to learn about projectile motion. They explore the relationships between displacement, velocity and acceleration and calculate simple projectile...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Torque
Experiment how torque causes an object to rotate. This interactive simulation shows how angular acceleration, moment of inertia, angular momentum, and torque relate to one another.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Paintball Ballistics
In this science fair project, use a paintball gun to compare the calculated vs. the actual range of a projectile. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Distance and Speed of Rolling Objects
This project is an experiment in classical physics. You'll be following in Galileo's footsteps, and investigating Newton's laws of motion, but you'll be taking advantage of modern video recording technology to make your measurements. The...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Are Acceleration vs. Time Graphs?
What can you learn from graphs that relate acceleration and time? This tutorial takes a look at the vertical axis, slope, and area on a graph and provides examples.
Science Struck
Science Struck: A Comprehensive List of All the Physics Formulas
Provides a long list of physics formulas for easy reference.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Changes in Motion
Given diagrams or scenarios, students will measure and graph changes in motion.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Kinematics: Graph That Motion Interactive
Apply the principles of kinematic graphing to match the motion of eleven objects with their corresponding graphical descriptions. Students must understand how the shape of position-time and velocity-time graphs relate to a motion.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Ejs Einstein's Train and Tunnel Model
A simulation of a well-known special relativity experiment of Einstein's, involving a train and a tunnel. Velocity and tunnel length can be altered to observe the effects.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Fast Are You Moving Right Now?
Tucker Hiatt unravels the concepts of absolute and relative speed. [6:10]