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Curated Video
Inertia
This live-action video program is about the word Inertia. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Inertia through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Curated Video
Dynamics
This live-action video program is about the word dymanics. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word dymanics through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Professor Dave Explains
Dynamics: What are Forces?
What's a force? No, not THE force. That's from Star Wars. I'm talking about the forces in the universe that make things move. Yes, I know Yoda moved the X-Wing with The Force. Will you quit it? We are talking about the real universe...
Professor Dave Explains
Newton's Second Law of Motion: F = ma
One of the best things about Newton was the way that he showed how natural phenomena abide by rigid mathematical principles. So much so that we can use mathematical equations to calculate how objects will actually behave. This equation,...
Curated Video
Newtons
This live-action video program is about the word newton. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word newton through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Visual Learning Systems
Force and Newton's Laws: Direction of Forces
This video discusses the principle of force and the application of Newton's Three Laws of Motion. Students will witness the effect of friction on force and see how force is calculated. Other terminology includes: inertia, weight, mass,...
Ancient Lights Media
India: History
Video Atlas of Asia: This clip takes a brief look at some of the highlights of India's history.
Curated OER
Normal Force
Obviously this instructor is experienced with the use of an interactive whiteboard. The very brief but well-organized explanation of normal force leaves no questions. Use it to introduce the concept to your physics class when studying...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Physics of Donkey Carts
This video lesson explores Newton's Third Law of Motion through examination of several real world examples of this law in action, including that of a donkey cart - a site common in the streets of Pakistan. Students will understand that...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Quantifying the Energy Associated With Everyday Things and Events
This lesson is about energy and how it manifests itself in every day things and events. In particular, the video focuses on quantification or estimation of energy. The main learning objectives are to: gain familiarity with units of...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Soaring in the Wind: The Science of Kite Flying
Flying kites is a popular hobby in Malaysia and very much part of the culture. This lesson looks at kite flying science to introduce basic ideas related to the dynamics of kite flying and can be used as an extension of a physics lesson,...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Representing Forces in a Rope & Pulley System: Lesson 1
This lesson demonstrates how to draw a free-body diagram for a rope and pulley system. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Representing Forces in a Rope & Pulley System."
SciShow
Sci Show Kids: Swings, Slides, and Science
A video exploring how playgrounds how a place to study forces. Learn about how gravity, Newton's laws, and forces can be found as you play. [3:37]
Museum of Science
Ei E: To Get to the Other Side: Designing Bridges Lesson 2
Students think like civil engineers as they observe how forces affect structures by pushing and pulling and implement engineering solutions to balance forces and prevent structural failure. [15:44]
Museum of Science
Ei E: To Get to the Other Side: Designing Bridges Lesson 2
Students think like civil engineers in this model lesson as they observe how forces affect structures and implement engineering solutions to balance forces and prevent structural failure. [9:58]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Sports Videos: Basketball Hang Time
Do some athletes have the ability to hang in the air longer than other people? Watch to see whether hang time really exists and how the mechanics of jumping work. [6:27]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gravity for Astronauts in Orbit
Why do astronauts appear weightless despite being near the Earth? Sal Khan answers this question in this video. [7:11]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gravitation (Part 2)
This is part 2 of Sal Khan's introduction to Newton's Law of Gravitation. [8:16]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mass Swinging in a Horizontal Circle
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]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Question 1 A: 2015 Ap Physics 1 Free Response
Free body diagram for two masses connected by string-pulley system. [5:18]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Slow Sock on Lubricon Vi
The video lesson is from Khan Academy's physics library. This lesson answers the question: What would happen to a slowly moving frozen sock on a frictionless planet.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Properly Defining a System: Lesson 1
This lesson is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Properly Defining a System."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Representing Forces on a Free Body Diagram: Lesson 1
This lesson demonstrates how to represent the forces acting on an object using a free-body diagram. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Representing Forces on a Free-Body Diagram."
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Forces & Motions
Paul Andersen introduces forces, motion, and Newton's three laws in this video. He begins by describing forces as pushes or pulls on objects that produce motion. A lack of motion results from a balanced set of forces. A teaching...