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University of Minnesota: Applications of Waves in Your Everyday Life
This site offers a variety of everyday activities and everyday experiences in which waves or sound waves play a role.
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University of Minnesota: Conservation of Momentum
This site provides a set of four Physics problems dealing with the conservation of momentum principle.
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The Physics of Flight: Bernoulli's Principle
Discusses air flow around the wing of a plane and its effect upon the lift and drag forces. Focuses on the application of Bernoulli's principle to wing design and the subsequent airfoil shapes.
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University of Minnesota: Newton's Method (Applet)
This site from the University of Minnesota explains the concept of Newton's Method and offers the formula for finding the next approximation of the root from a first guess. The site has an interactive applet showing the second and third...
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University of Minnesota: Mechanics Problems: Force and Linear Kinematics Problem
This University of Minnesota site provides a series of contextually rich problems pertaining to force, Newton's second law of motion, and linear kinematics.
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University of Minnesota: Animal Astronauts
Learn about the animals who have been used in space missions, what each of their purposes were, and which vehicles took them to the stars.
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Catalog Raisonne of the American Landscape Painter Gilbert Munger
View a painting of the Truckee River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
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Jane Yolen Speaks!
This site is a bit hard to read, but it includes some up to date info on author Jane Yolen. There are some great pictures and links as well.
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University of Minnesota Duluth: Symptoms of Stress and Anxiety
This resource lists physical symptoms of stress and anxiety.
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University of Minnesota: Calculus Graphics: Limits
This page offers visual aids to understand the existence of a limit to a function. The site briefly discusses left and right-hand limits.
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University of Minnesota: Mechanics Problems: Force and Linear Kinematics Problem
Scroll toward the bottom of this page of force and linear kinematics problems from the University of Minnesota for a series of "real life scenario" problems involving angular momentum.