Curated OER
Video 4 - Acceleration, part 1
An animated video teaches viewers about force and acceleration, using a cartoon character to demonstrate examples of force, speed, time, and acceleration in action. While the video is on the older side, viewers will still enjoy the...
Steve Spangler Science
Pendulum Catch - Sick Science! #013
What a fun demonstration! Show the video, or better yet, have your physics learners construct this hex nut pendulum and test it themselves. Then have them discuss in groups why the single hex nut wraps around the finger. See if they can...
DoodleScience
Simple Harmonic Motion
This short video covers simple harmonic motion, focusing on pendulums. It is the fifth in a series of six videos that make for a nice Physics review.
DoodleScience
Gravitational Fields
What's got you feeling down? Maybe it's gravity! The resource is the fourth in a series of six fast-paced physics videos. Covering gravitational fields, acceleration, and planetary motion in a direct way with simple, yet...
Curated OER
Newton's Laws of Motion
Classical mechanics are introduced and Newton's Laws of Motion are explained, one at a time. Consisting mostly of still frames and a narrator's voice, this video is difficult to pay attention to. Rather than show it in the classroom,...
Curated OER
Video 5 - Acceleration, part 2
A continuation of a previous video (linked on the webpage), this pays close attention to time and acceleration, using an animated train to demonstrate the concepts. Pupils will like the animation, but might need more explanation on what...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Airbus A380 Take Off Time
Video relates how to figure out how long it would take an Airbus A380 aircraft to take off given a constant acceleration. [8:07]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Airbus A380 Take Off Distance
Video tutorial explores how long a runway an A380 needs if the take off time is known. [5:29]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Acceleration of Aircraft Carrier Take Off
Video tutorial uses information about take-off velocity and runway length to determine acceleration. [14:15]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Deriving Displacement
Video tutorial uses examples and formulas to show how to derive displacement as a function of time, constant acceleration, and initial velocity. [9:57]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Projectile Height Given Time
Video tutorial gives examples showing out how high a ball will get given how long it spends in the air. [8:50]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gravity at the Earth's Surface
Video explores the two different ways of viewing g as the value of Earth's gravitational field near the surface rather than the acceleration due to gravity near Earth's surface for an object in freefall. [7:30]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Projectile Motion (Part 2)
Video presents a derivation of a new motion equation. [9:14]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Projectile Motion (Part 3)
Video presents an example of solving for the final velocity when you know the change in distance, time, initial velocity, and acceleration. [9:04]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Projectile Motion (Part 4)
Video tutorial shows how to solve for time when you are given the change in distance, acceleration, and initial velocity. [8:57]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Projectile Motion (Part 5)
Continuing with projectile motion problems, the video shows how to play the game called how fast was the ball that you threw upwards. [9:33]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Two Dimensional Motion: Race Cars With Constant Speed Around Curve
Learn how a car traveling at a constant speed around a curve is actually accelerating. This video explains how acceleration not only involves a change in speed but also a change in direction. [4:49]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Calculus: 2011 Calculus Ab Free Response #1A
Video shows how to determine whether the speed of a particle is increasing or decreasing at a given time by using the velocity and acceleration functions and reasoning about the signs of the functions when evaluated at the given time....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Calculus: 2011 Calculus Bc Free Response #1A
Video shows how to find the velocity and acceleration vectors of a particle at a given time by using the derivatives of the parametric equations representing the particle. Also shows how to find the magnitude of the velocity vector in...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Space Sciences: Launch
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing outerspace straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive tutorial.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Physics: Newton's Second Law of Motion Tutorial
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing Newton's Second Law of Motion straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you learn from this interactive slideshow. [9:49]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Inertial Mass
Paul Andersen explains how inertial mass is defined and measured in context of Newton's second law of motion. [4:30]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: One Dimensional Motion: Acceleration
A video explaining how acceleration is change in velocity over time. Video also includes examples of how to solve for the vector quantity of acceleration. [9:05]
Other
Math Tutor Dvd: What Is Acceleration?
Acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity function. Video tutorial explains the average acceleration formula by means of a conceptual example.