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The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Double Trouble
Through the use of free-body diagrams and Newton's laws, students analyze the motion of two objects together.
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The Physics Classroom: Vectors: Inclined Planes
Through examples and interactive practice problems, this physics tutorial helps students understand how forces behave on an object on an inclined plane.
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The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Ray Model of Light: The Line of Sight
Students explore this simple physics principle: In order to view an object, you must sight along a line at that object; and when you do light will come from that object to your eye along the line of sight.
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The Physics Classroom: Refraction and the Ray Model of Light: Converging Lenses
The purpose of this tutorial is to summarize object-image relationships by dividing the possible object locations into five general areas or points.
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The Physics Classroom: Static Electricity: Neutral vs. Charged Objects
With this interactive tutorial, students explore the basic terminology and concepts of neutral and charged objects.
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The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Speed and Velocity
In this interactive module, describe and explain the motion of objects that either move in circles or can be approximated to be moving in circles. Kinematic concepts and motion principles will be applied to the motion of objects in...
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The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: The Big Misconception
An introduction to the ideas behind the misconception and misunderstanding of why all objects accelerate at the same rate. This explanation involves the concepts of force and mass.
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The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics: What Is Heat?
This physics tutorial is devoted to understanding how the relative temperature of two objects affects the direction that heat is transferred between the two objects.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Natural Frequency
Through animations, videos, and text, students discover that all objects have a natural frequency or set of frequencies at which they vibrate.
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The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: How Fast? And How Far?
Students understand the physics of a free falling object through these illustrated example problems.
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The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Finding Individual Forces
Through illustrated examples and interactive practice problems, students find the value of forces acting upon objects using force equations.
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The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Meaning of Shape for a v T Graph
This physics lesson involves a study of the relationship between the shape of a v-t graph and the motion of the object.
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The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Meaning of Slope for a v T Graph
In this part of a physics lesson, examine how the actual slope value of any straight line on a velocity-time graph is the acceleration of the object.
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The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Ticker Tape Diagrams
Learn how to perform a ticker tape analysis as a way to analyze the motion of an object.
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The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Drawing Free Body Diagrams
Students practice reading situations where forces are acting upon objects in all directions and magnitudes, and then draw free-body diagrams to represent the forces. Each problem has a self-checking key linked right on the page.
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The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Finding Acceleration
This physics tutorial provides students some practice using a given equation to find the acceleration of an object.
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The Physics Classroom: Motion and Forces in Two Dimensions: What Is a Projectile
Students apply both kinematic principles and Newton's laws of motion to understand and explain the motion of objects moving in two dimensions, more specifically, the motion of projectiles.
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The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Centripetal Force
Through illustrated examples and practice problems, students explore the centripetal force requirement. So for an object moving in a circle, there must be an inward force acting upon it in order to cause its inward acceleration.
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The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion:circular Motion Mathematics
Using the values of speed, acceleration, and force, students explore and analyze the motion of objects in circles.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music:fundamental Frequency and Harmonics
For musical instruments and other objects that vibrate in regular and periodic fashion, the harmonic frequencies are related to each other by simple whole number ratios. Students learn why these whole number ratios exist for a musical...
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The Physics Classroom: Reflection/ray Model of Light: Reflection Rules Concave
Students learn two rules of reflection as it has to do with concave mirrors. These two rules will greatly simplify the task of determining the image locations for objects placed in front of concave mirrors.
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The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Vector Diagrams
Learn how to use vector diagrams to describe the velocity of a moving object during its motion.
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The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: The Meaning of Shape for a P T Graph
This physics tutorial involves a study of the relationship between the shape of a p-t graph and the motion of the object.
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The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Meaning of Slope for a P T Graph
In this physics tutorial, examine how the actual slope value of any straight line on a PT graph is the velocity of the object.