Do your students ever confuse centripetal force and centrifugal force? Here is a video that addresses exactly that concept. The video uses a tether ball as a demonstration of the various forces at play.

Round and round and round you go! Lead the way as your class explores centrifugal force, the fictitious force responsible for an abundance of activities performed by individuals every day. They discuss the correlation between centripetal...

Pendulums are simple, yet engaging demonstrations of harmonic motion. Dr. Carlson uses a very large example of a pendulum: a bowling ball on a string hanging from the ceiling! Learn from Dr. Carlson how you can teach about the strength...

Spangler uses balloons and hex nuts to demonstrate centripetal force and how to make a balloon "scream." He places a nut inside a balloon before blowing it up. Then, once the balloon is tied, he begins to spin the balloon around. A force...

Entertain and educate physics pros with this activity. They place a marble in a wine glass, get it spinning, and then turn the glass upside down. As long as it spins, centripetal force keeps the marble from falling out! Show this video...

Do you ever feel like you are going around and around without getting anywhere? Maybe you should learn about circular motion. In the third of six videos in the series, circular motion, centripetal force, and centripetal acceleration...

Watch this quick demo of ways to show centripetal force to get ideas for your class! The man in the video demonstrates three different ways to experiment with centripetal force using simple materials like balloons, pennies, and cups of...

How can you keep a ball from falling out of a jar if the jar is upside down? Watch the ZOOM cast use centripetal force to meet this challenge. [2:54]

The objective of this video lesson is to correct the misconception in the students' understanding of centrifugal force. The lesson will work to clarify this misconception by using Newton's three laws of motion, particularly the law of...

Physics video [10:40] from science teacher, Paul Andersen, in which he teaches us the concept of rotational force through images and formulas using clear and understandable explanations.

The host of Crash Course Physics discusses centripetal force, centrifugal force, and a few other bits of physics to help explain Uniform Circular motion. [9:54]

This animated physics video explains what centripetal force is and how it relates to Newton's second law of motion. [1:46]

Sal Khan speaks to race car driver JR Hildebrand about the optimal turns at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. [6:24]

In this video, David from Khan Academy explains how to find the tension in a string that is whirling a yo-yo in a vertical circle. [10:30]

In this video, David from Khan Academy explains how to solve for the tension and speed of a mass swinging at an angle in a horizontal circle. [12:38]

Students will be asked to find the minimum speed necessary to complete the loop de loop shown in the video. [3:00]

Watch as Sal Khan figures out a car's average speed while completing a loop de loop. [4:47]

Watch as Sal Khan figures out the minimum speed at the top of a loop de loop for a car stay on the track. [6:04]

In this video, David from Khan Academy explains how to find the normal force on a bowling ball rolling in a vertical loop. [8:48]

This week Shini sits down with us to discuss centripetal force, centrifugal force, and a few other bits of physics to help us understand Uniform Circular Motion. [9:53]