[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of a parabola, exploring a parabola using the distance formula.

The mathematics associated with the motion of satellites is described. Equations (for period, velocity, acceleration and force) are stated, symbols described, and sample problems solved. Includes five practice problems with solutions and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Watch this animation as an archer shoots at a target on an angle, and its horizontal and vertical paths and its velocity are explained. An interactive follows where you can manipulate the archer's...

Determine how golf club head velocity affects shot distance. Make your next trip to the driving range educational by conducting this experiment.

Using only two of our fundamental units, time and displacement students will build a framework to predict the motion of objects, starting with one dimensional motion.

Takes the Boltzmann distribution mathematics and explains it. Not a simple site, but does provide nice historical links in addition to high-level explanation of the distribution.

This site offers a variety of everyday activities and everyday experiences in which waves or sound waves play a role.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Calculate distances, rates and times by using formulas

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...

Provides definitions, examples, and formulas for acceleration.

Given diagrams or scenarios, students will measure and graph changes in motion.

Students are introduced to the concepts of force, inertia, and Newton's first law of motion: objects at rest stay at rest and objects in motion stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.This instructional activity is the...

An activity in which average speed is calculated for a ball sliding along an inclined plane. This speed is compared to various instantaneous speeds along the incline.

Using the free-fall constants and gravity acceleration equations, we can determine many things about the position, velocity, and speed of a projectile. Here are a few examples and explanations. This is a great review for the AP Calculus...

This activity is a great way to show distance and time relationships while incorporating charts and graphing. Different sized tins are raced against each other, and data is collected.

Perform oblique releases and observe the horizontal range and the maximum height of the projectile.

This site from Stanford University is on the topic of simultaneity in relativity.

Find the displacement of an object just by looking at the velocity vs. time graph. This graph will have at least one negative region and one positive region.

Students must show they are able to find the components of a velocity vector and that they can calculate the velocity vector from the components. Students must be able to get 5 in a row correct to receive credit for this assignment.

Challenges students to get as many boats to their targets on the opposite side of a river as possible. Gives students a hands on experience with 2d relative velocity.

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.

This lab activity involves rolling a marble down a ramp where the students can investigate constant acceleration motion. The students then make a position vs. time graph and a velocity vs. time graph in order to investigate the change in...

Tucker Hiatt unravels the concepts of absolute and relative speed. [6:10]

Students will determine maximum height obtained by an object tossed upward off the roof of a high school. They will also find the total time aloft and the speed with which the object will impact the ground. The acceleration due to...