Scroll down to Section 1.1 to find out information on adding vectors using the component method.

This site contains an experiment that demonstrates how transporting a tangent vector around a closed path on a sphere will cause it to come back twisted. [Requires Java.]

This user-friendly application extends the build-in power of your TI-89 and TI-92 Plus by providing more specialized functionality. Use Calculus to investigate applications of differentiation, compare numerical integration techniques and...

In this activity, you will explore the Science Tools App by using the "Significant Figures" feature and the "Vector Calculator".

Students examine the relationships among sea surface height, sea surface temperature, and wind vectors in classifying the ocean characteristics of an El Nino.

This is lesson five of a 9-lesson module. Activity explores the effects of climate change on different parts of the Earth system and on human well-being: polar regions, coral reefs, disease vectors, extreme weather, and biodiversity.

The resource examines applications of partial derivatives. Topics investigated are tangent planes, linear approximation, gradient vector, and Lagrange multipliers. Class notes, definitions, and examples with detailed solutions are...

The resource examines line integrals and interpretations of the line integral. Topics investigated are the fundamental theorem for line integrals, Green?s theorem, and conservative vector fields. Class notes, definitions, and examples...

This simulation of a satellite's elliptical motion around a central body allows students to alter the eccentricity of the orbit while learning about velocity and force vectors.

Explore illustrated examples and try some practice acceleration problems to better understand this vector quantity in physics.

This is a summary of the main topics for AP Physics Chapter 2 Kinematics. These include Displacement; Vectors, Scalars, and Coordinate Systems; Time, Velocity, and Speed; Acceleration; Motion Equations for Constant Acceleration in One...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Represent scalar multiplication graphically by scaling vectors and possibly reversing their direction; perform scalar multiplication component-wise.

Explains how simple polygons translate into matrices and how to use 2x2 matrices to represent transformations in a plane. Includes video demonstrating an example where a vector must be rotated 90 degrees using matrices. [4:18]

Match vectors to images based on scalars to show that you understand scalar multiplication.

This page covers the life cycle, habitats and other details about mosquitos.

This site solves an example problem to show if the function F(x,y) =

This program gives students a visual representation of sine and cosine at different angles. A unit vector will cycle through different angles and students can see the changes that take place to the horizontal part and the vertical part...

Students' use force sensors to investigate forces and learn about force as a vector. Similar concept to the common "spring scale" force vector lab, but with a real-world twist.

In Spanish. This interactive unit examines how to measure in space. The basic tools are the scalar and vectors.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students will study scalar projections: dot products of vectors and unit vectors. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Difference between velocity and speed, using vector arrows to represent velocity, objects that have different velocities and how to calculate average velocity.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Position vectors and identifying midpoints in 2 dimensions

In this activity, students use the Number Line application to represent distance moved in a particular direction (West or East) using vectors.

This activity will illustrate how classic exercises from elementary vector geometry can be solved using the Computer Algebra System CAS tool.