Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Defy Gravity! Centripetal Force

3rd - 8th
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]
Instructional Video
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Blossoms: Uniform Circular Motion and Centrifugal Force

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
Planet Nutshell

Planet Nutshell: Centripetal Force

9th - 10th
This animated physics video explains what centripetal force is and how it relates to Newton's second law of motion. [1:46]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Centripetal Acceleration: Loop De Loop Question

9th - 10th
This video asks students to find the minimum speed necessary to complete the loop de loop. [3:01]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Yo Yo in Vertical Circle Example

9th - 10th
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]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mass Swinging in a Horizontal Circle

9th - 10th
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]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Centripetal Force Problem Solving

9th - 10th
In this video, David from Khan Academy gives some problem solving strategies for centripetal force problems and explains many common misconceptions people have about centripetal forces. [14:59]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Bowling Ball in Vertical Loop

9th - 10th
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]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Physics 1 Review of Centripetal Forces

11th - 12th
In this video, review centripetal forces as covered in AP Physics I. Use this review to study the concepts and review over example problems. [15:53]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Centripetal Force

9th - 10th
Introduction to centripetal force, which accelerates an object toward the center of the circular path.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Identifying Centripetal Force for Cars and Satellites

9th - 10th
Identifying forces or force components acting as the centripetal force for a car driving in a horizontal circle, a car driving in a vertical circle, and a satellite in orbit.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Identifying Centripetal Force for Ball on String

9th - 10th
Identifying forces or force components acting as the centripetal force for a ball on a string moving in a horizontal circle. [5:05]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Forms of Rotational Inertia

9th - 10th
This lesson provides mathematical relationships for the rotational inertia of some commonly used objects.