University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: The Moving Man, Motion, Velocity, Acceleration, Position
Enhance study of motion, velocity, acceleration, position and graphing with this interactive simulation.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Types of Motion
Students will distinguish between and/or interpret the types of motion.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Velocity Time Graphs
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to draw a velocity-time graph and what it represents.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Circular Motion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following lesson students will be asked to analyze and describe accelerated motion in two dimensions using equations including circular examples.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Force and Motion
In this student-paced module, students apply Newton's Laws of Motion to everyday life, calculate mathematical relationships involving force and motion using algebraic formulas, and understand the difference between mass and weight.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration
Given descriptions, illustrations, graphs, charts, or equations, students will differentiate between speed, velocity, and acceleration.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Introduction to Motion
What do you think of when you hear the word motion? Are you moving right now? You may not think so, but you are. Remember, the Earth is moving around the Sun, and the Sun is moving around the Milky Way Galaxy. Everything in the universe...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Ladybug Motion 2 D
Manipulate a ladybug's position, velocity, and acceleration, and see how the vectors change in this interactive simulation. Software download is necessary.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Forces and Motion
Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Projectile Motion
The following interactive helps students understan how to identify and xplain the properties of a projectile, such as acceleration due to gravity, range, maximum height, and trajectory. They will determine the location and velocity of a...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Changes in Motion
Given diagrams or scenarios, students will measure and graph changes in motion.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Acceleration and Velocity
This site includes practice using the acceleration equation to solve for acceleration, time, and initial or final velocity.
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Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Acceleration [Pdf]
Use this printable physics learning exercise which allows students to practice problems describing motion using acceleration.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Principles for Satellites
Students explore how a satellite's motion is governed by the same physics principles and described by the same mathematical equations.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: 2 D Projectile Motion: Identifying Graphs for Projectiles
Match graphs with the correct scenario for the projectile motion by understanding velocity, acceleration, and displacement.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Irwin and Ruthie
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between position, velocity, and acceleration for two objects in one-dimensional motion. Experiment with varying approaches to the race for both Irwin and Ruthie to see how...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Motion Graphing Speed
In this introduction to motion activity, students will get a personal understanding of speed and acceleration by experiencing it firsthand. Wheeled office chairs or other cart like devices are used to give one student a ride as a fellow...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Magical Motion
Students watch video clips from the October Sky and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movies to see examples of projectile motion. Then they explore the relationships between displacement, velocity and acceleration, and calculate...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Student Analysis: Determine the Acceleration of a Toy Car
For this activity, learners measure the displacement and elapsed time of a moving toy car using a direct measurement video with an embedded frame counter. They then calculate average and final velocity, and the average acceleration, and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Matching the Motion
Students learn about slope, determining slope, distance vs. time graphs through a motion-filled activity. Working in teams with calculators and CBL motion detectors, students attempt to match the provided graphs and equations with the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Linear Motion
A learning module where students gain an understanding of the relationships between the different kinds of motion. Students will be able to explain free-fall motion and use kinematics equations to calculate problems involving falling...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Projectile Motion
Students are introduced to the concept of projectile motion, of which they are often familiar from life experiences,such as playing sports such as basketball or baseball, even though they may not understand the physics involved. Students...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Motion Graph Matching
You will be given a velocity vs. time graph for the motion of a car. Your job is to match the graph with your car by pushing on the gas or brake or coasting at the appropriate moments. Before you start the matching game, you must set the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Graph Predictions for Position, Velocity and Acceleration
Students interactively create predictions of position, velocity, and acceleration graphs using java applets. The applets automatically classify student answers, so instructors can create graphs of student predictions.