Physics Aviary: Approximate Speed in Traffic Challenge

Give every type of learner in your physics class an opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned throughout the year. From analyzing tables and graphs, to evaluating diagrams and solving problems, there is an outstanding variety of...

Take a look at an organized physics course. The 34-section electronic textbook covers material in AP® Physics 1 and 2. Teachers use the text to supplement lectures and have the class work through the labs. Each section contains...

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 challenge is designed to help students move back and forth from different circular motion ideas. These ideas include frequency, rpm, period, angular speed, linear speed, total distance and total radians.

Students must calculate the maximum and minimum speeds for a bucket whirled in a vertical circle.

Students must calculate the maximum and minimum speeds for a bucket whirled in a vertical circle.

Students must figure out how much of a ball will be under a fluid when it is in equilibrium with its environment.

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.

Students must predict the speed in a problem involving momentum conservation. One object overtakes the other and the two objects stick together during the collision.

How fast does the space station need to travel in order to stay in orbit to maintain its circular motion around Earth? This video will show how to calculate that speed. [6:35]