An interactive java applet model allows students to explore vectors. Students can practice finding the direction and magnitude of a vector given its x and y-components as well as practice finding the x and y-components given a vector's...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about adding two vectors together by components in the context of a GPS-style city map. Adjust magnitude and angles in the two vectors to simulate the driverless car. Examples taking this concept...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about adding force vectors in two dimensions using the example of a painting hanging from two strings. Experiment with variables of weight and angles to hang a portrait in this physics simulation....

A complete lesson/tutorial on vectors. Learn about vector addition, vector resolution, vector components, and resultants. Numerous examples and learning exercises are provided.

In this interactive site, students will begin to understand the rules of vector addition, subtraction, and multiplication and apply graphical methods of vector addition and subtraction to determine the displacement of moving objects.

Three complete tutorials on vectors and two dimension forces and motion. Lessons include informational text, interactive activities, animations, and quick, interactive comprehension checks along the way.

In this interactive students will begin to understand the rules of vector addition and subtraction using analytical methods. They will apply analytical methods to determine vertical and horizontal component vectors.

Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, online labs, and virtual simulations, students gain an understanding of vectors essential to understanding of physics.

In this interactive module, students will learn how to define and distinguish between scalar and vector quantities. They will assign a coordinate system for a scenario involving one-dimensional motion.

Intended for students with a strong math and science background, a course introducing physics concepts of Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, gravitation, thermodynamics, and waves. Twenty-four class sessions in video format are...

An interactive Java applet where users can rotate a vector about its tail and view the components of that vector. Magnitude of the components is updated on screen as the vector is dragged.

Students take a journey through our physical world, beginning with the ways in which people quantify and model mathematically the existence and interaction of physical objects.

Explore adding vectors by dragging objects on a canvas. Adding vectors can be easy with this Vector Guessing Game Interactive. Students can improve their understanding and skill at adding vectors using the head-to-tail method.

Try these vector addition challenges where twenty-five vectors are displayed on a grid. Each challenge involves adding three of the vectors together to determine the resultant. The emphasis of the activity is on component addition.

Try this adding vector challenge. Two random vectors are displayed, and students must quickly decide on the size and direction of the resultant. The challenge is to solve as many correctly as possible in 20 seconds. Repeat, and beat your...

Watch this short demonstration that focuses on a single question: Does the order in which vectors are added together affect the magnitude or the direction of the resultant?

Professor Shankar introduces and discusses vectors in multiple dimensions. The discussion includes topics such as null vectors, minus vectors, unit and velocity vectors. The lecture can be accessed as video, audio or as a transcript.

An exceptional tutorial on the topic of vectors that offers many helpful graphics, some of which are interactive.

A program that will randomly move an object from one location to another in three-dimensional space. You must determine the three components of the velocity vector that is created by this movement and also the speed of the object during...

This program will allow students to quickly break a vector into components or turn the vector components into resultant vector.

Test yourself on finding the length of a vector and the angle the vector makes with respect to the XZ plane.

In this physics tutorial, students learn how to approach more complex vector addition situations by combining the concept of vector components and the principles of vector resolution with the use of the Pythagorean theorem.

This game is intended to help students break a vector into components. They will be given a vector and then have click to see if they hit the right spot. Students need a score of 5 to successfully complete this activity.

This game is intended to help students get the idea of vector addition. Students will be given a randomly generated series of three vectors. They must follow the vectors to the end and then click to see if they hit the right spot.