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Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors: Resolution of Forces
This interactive tutorial helps students determine the components of a vector to better understand resolution of forces.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Displacement Vector in 3 D
A program that will randomly move an object from one location to another in three dimensional space. You must determine the length of the displacement vector that is created by this movement.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Mc Culley's Trig Thing
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...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Motion/forces in Two Dimensions: Perpendicular Components
This physics tutorial provides students illustrated examples and interactive practice problems containing perpendicular components of motion.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Marching Band Vector Problem
Students must find out the velocity vector for a student practicing their marching at night under a strobe light.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Radar Vector Problem
Students must find out the velocity vector for a plane based on readings they take from a radar screen. This video helps students solve the problem: https://youtu.be/y7jOBYseolU
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Scalars and Vectors
This illustrated tutorial focuses on several examples of vector and scalar quantities including distance, displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration.
Physics Classroom
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.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors and 2 D Motion Table of Contents
Learners explore vectors, projectile motion, and forces in two-dimension. The tutorial consists of lessons and problems to check for understanding.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors Resultants
This resource provides a detailed explanation of a resultant, in terms of vectors. Content also includes helpful examples.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Analyzing Vectors Using Trigonometry Review
A page to go over the skills for analyzing vectors. Review how to find horizontal and vertical components of vectors on this site.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Vectors
Master the use of vectors and vector notation for three dimensional analysis.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Vectors and Motion
Learn more about the properties of velocity, acceleration, and force vectors in this illustrated article.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Adding and Decomposing Vectors Using Trigonometry
Use trigonometry to practice adding, decomposing, and finding vector angles from physics word problems.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Roller Coaster Model
An interactive playground for students to explore the physics of roller coasters. Learners investigate by changing the variables of force, velocity, friction, and vectors. Energy bar charts are displayed as the coaster car moves along...
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Flash Animations for Physics
This site boasts an extensive list of physics animations that cover topics such as electricity, magnetism, quantum mechanics, and relativity. Variables can be manipulated for each demonstration.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Scalars and Vectors
Kids learn about scalars and vectors in the science of physics. Scalars are magnitude only while vectors have magnitude and direction. Examples and differences and how to draw a vector.
Other
Scientific Visualization: Vector Calculation
A Java applet on vector addition. Users drag two or more vectors to be added together. Clicking a button shows the resultant of the vectors.
NASA
Nasa: Vectors
This site from NASA provides an excellent tutorial on vectors and their use in physics to describe the motion of objects. Vector addition and resolution are illustrated.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Distance and Displacement
Students are introduced to the two scalar and vector quantities of distance and displacement with several illustrated practice problem opportunities.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Circular, Satellite, Rotational: Uniform Circular Motion
Uniform circular motion can be described as the motion of an object in a circle at a constant speed. This animation depicts this by means of a vector arrow.
Other
Fearof Physics: Videos
Looking for some more explanantion on a topic covered in physics class? This site contains videos that explore some physics concepts. Videos are broken down by topics. Some videos also give examples on how to solve problems.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Glossary for Kinematics
This is a glossary of terms and definitions used in AP Physics: Chapter 2: Kinematics.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Scalar Field Gradient Model
Students investigate scalar and vector fields though a downloadable java simulation. The simulation explores the gradient of a scalar field using a numerical approximation to the partial derivatives.