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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Calculating Torque

For Students 9th - 10th
On this website practice how to calculate the clockwise or counterclockwise torque when a force is exerted on a bar that can rotate around an axis.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Fundamentals of Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a fundamentals of physics course taught at Yale University. The course is an introduction to physics and discusses Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, gravity, thermodynamics, and waves. Course...
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Handout
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Moments of Force and Torque

For Students 9th - 10th
Through an online slide-show format, learn about force and torque.
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Unit Plan
Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Circular Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews circular motion including uniform circular motion, torque, rotational statics, gyroscopes, moment of inertia, and static equilibrium. Site...
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Website
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Rotational Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
A page describing rotational equilibrium and non-equilibrium situations. Includes graphics, equations, and many examples.
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Interactive
Other

Ask Numbers: Measurement Conversion Calculators and Charts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What kind of unit conversion would you like to do? This site will allow you to do a multitude of conversions. Just click on the specific measurement you are needing to convert. It also provides a history of measurements and a chart of...
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Interactive
Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Lever Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
A short interactive activity which demonstrates when a lever is in equilibrium.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Understanding the Gyroscopic Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what a gyroscope is and the physics behind how it works.
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Website
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Learning Center: Rigid Bodies and Rotational Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
From the companion web site for the Contemporary College Physics web site. The collection of pages indexed from this page lead to a variety of useful resources pertinent to Chapter 9 (Rigid Bodies and Rotational Motion) of the book. Such...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: The Center of Mass

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This site from the Illinois Institute of Technology provides a lab activity in which young scholars determine the location of the center of mass of an irregularly shaped object. Observations are related to the balancing point of the...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Center of Gravity Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Illinois Institute of Technologysite provides a lab activity in which students find the center of gravity of a box which has nonuniform weight distribution. Complete with directions and discussion questions; answers provided.