Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Acceleration
What is acceleration? Brief article discusses how it is measured, deceleration, and gravity.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Acceleration on a Planet Lab
This lab was designed to have students test the factors that affect the acceleration due to gravity on a planet. Students will be able to modify the planet and then drop an object to determine the acceleration on the planet. As the...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Circular Acceleration
This program gives students a visual representation of why an object moving in a circle at constant speed is accelerating. This program will guide students through a method of calculating the circular acceleration based on the change in...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: The Moving Man
Learn about position, velocity, and acceleration graphs. Move the little man back and forth with the mouse and plot his motion, and then set the position, velocity, or acceleration and let the simulation move the man for you.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Ladybug Motion 2 D
Manipulate a ladybug's position, velocity, and acceleration, and see how the vectors change in this interactive simulation. Software download is necessary.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Forces and Motion
Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time....
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Forces in 1 Dimension
Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time....
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Forces and Motion
Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time.
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: Physics of the Flying T Shirt
Students are introduced to the physics concepts of air resistance and launch angle as they apply to catapults. This includes the basic concepts of position, velocity and acceleration and their relationships to one another. They use...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Physics: Kinematics
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An online chapter focused on motion and the shapes it takes. Topics range from speed and velocity to acceleration and free fall. Find detailed visuals, learning...
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...
Physics4kids
Physics4 kids.com: Velocity, Motion and Speed Oh My
This brief overview distinguishes speed and velocity. Vectors are explained along with acceleration and gravitation. Diagrams are used to help explain these concepts.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Butterfly Stroke
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between velocity and position for a swimmer. Adjust the velocity of the legs, streamline, and arms to experiment with the slope of velocity in the simulation swimmer. Dig a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Model Rocket
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between position and velocity for a model rocket during launch and in free-fall. Experiment with rocket mass, rocket thrust, and rocket burn time to understand the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Newton's Cannon
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about orbits and how an object can stay in orbit under the influence of gravity. By adjusting launch velocities users will understand how to successfully put a virtual satellite into orbit without...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Archery
[Free Registration/Login Required] Watch this animation as an archer shoots at a target on an angle, and its horizontal and vertical paths and its velocity are explained. An interactive follows where you can manipulate the archer's...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Circular Motion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following lesson students will be asked to analyze and describe accelerated motion in two dimensions using equations including circular examples.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Free Fall
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use this opportunity to understand accelerated motion in two dimensions, free fall.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Objects in Motion
This resource provides flexible alternate or additional learning activities for students learning about the concepts of distance, speed, and acceleration.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Speed and Velocity
In this investigation, middle schoolers will work in groups to design a model roller coaster, which will be used to clock the fastest speed for the rider (ball bearing/marble) The groups will build roller coaster models and modify and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Android Acceleration Application
This unit includes two sequential lessons. In the first, students create mobile apps that collect data from an Android device's accelerometer and then store that data to a database. This lesson provides practice with MIT's App Inventor...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Exploring Acceleration With an Android
Students conduct an experiment to study the acceleration of a mobile Android device. During the experiment, they run an application created with MIT's App Inventor that monitors linear acceleration in one-dimension. Students use an...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Concussions in Professional Athletes
Read this passage and study the graphic to complete a five-question quiz that will test your knowledge on acceleration to reduce concussions in professional athletes.
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