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A blockbusters quiz that revises basic ideas about forces and motion
A set of interactives that let you do the experiments that Galileo did on dropping objects, projectiles and inclined planes.
A video showing experiments with a gigantic balloon that shows that air has mass.
Instructions about how to do an experiment with bouncing balls, including the explanation of the physics.
Detailed instructions about how to make a sophisticated air pressure rocket.
One of a set of animations that you can download an play. This one is about force mass and acceleration.
One of a set of animations that you can download an play. This one is about distance-time, speed- time and acceleration time graphs for a skater.
Detailed practical instructions and other notes that explain how organise a practical stretching sweet shoelaces.
Students watch the video then do a quiz
An excellent interactive animation that allows you to investigate the effect of forces on motion.
A blockbusters quiz about forces and motion
A blockbusters quiz that revises basic ideas about forces and motion
The site includes a video introduction, then instructions for making and flying tumblewings.
Excellent game that involves trying to match the displacement/time or velocity/time graphs shown on the screen.
This interactive roller coaster ride produced for Teachers' Domain illustrates the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. As the coaster cars go up and down the hills and around the loop of the track, a pie chart shows how energy is transformed back and forth between gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Play online or download.
Resources for teaching a lesson about the use of different balls in different sports, including a video.
One of a set of animations that you can download an play. This one is about distance-time, speed- time and acceleration time graphs for a skater.
Students watch the video then do a quiz
Excellent interactive animation that graphs force, velocity and acceleration as you apply a force.
Detailed practical instructions and other notes that explain how to get students to measure their power by running upstairs.
Fun, interactive research-based simulations of physical phenomena that you can download or run from the site – this one covers kinetic and potential energy, and energy conservation.
A comprehensive site about generating electricity and the issues behind it.
This interactive roller coaster ride produced for Teachers' Domain illustrates the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. As the coaster cars go up and down the hills and around the loop of the track, a pie chart shows how energy is transformed back and forth between gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Play online or download.
Resources for teaching a lesson about the use of different balls in different sports, including a video.
One of a set of animations that you can download and play. This one is uses the example of an electric motor lifting a weight You can measure the work done by the motor and its input and output powers. It starts at a very basic level and moves up in stages. Although the experiment seems simple it can be quite tricky to do for real. So this simulation helps get the ideas across and hopefully enthuses students to try it in the real world.
Detailed practical instructions and other notes that explain how organise a practical stretching sweet shoelaces.
Here learners construct a small-scale version of a classic carnival game. A large marble is rolled along a track made from a commonly available and inexpensive metal shelf bracket. The track is gently bent so that there is a flat portion, then a small hill, and finally a steep uphill portion. The objective is to roll the ball so that it goes over the first hill, but does not come back over the hill -- the ball should remain in the dip between the two hills. The process involves nice illustrations of the interplay of kinetic energy, potential energy and friction
Students use the interactive to investigate work, energy and power
A set of interactives that let you do the experiments that Galileo did on dropping objects, projectiles and inclined planes.
Detailed practical instructions and other notes that explain how to show circular motion.
The site includes a video introduction, then instructions for making and flying tumblewings.
Show where satellites are now using this site from NASA.
Fun, interactive research-based simulations of physical phenomena that you can download or run from the site – this one covers projectile motion.
An animation that enables you to look at the effect of changing the angle of projection and velocity on the range.
Detailed practical instructions and other notes that explain how to show conservation of momentum
A video showing experiments with a gigantic balloon that shows that air has mass.
Instructions about how to do an experiment with bouncing balls, including the explanation of the physics.
Detailed instructions about how to make a sophisticated air pressure rocket.
Vary the mass, velocity and type of collision and look at whether momentum and kinetic energy are conserved.
One of a set of animations that you can download an play. This one is about conservation of momenutm and shows cute skater undergoing different types of collision.
The Physics Classroom Tutorial is an online physics tutorial written for physics students aged 14 – 16. This section covers Newton's Laws including free-body diagrams, misconceptions, freefall and air resistance. Students check their understanding after each section with self-check questions. There are some useful animations in the Multimedia Studios section on the site.
A site that revises weight, mass, work and power.
An activity that revises types of forces, resultant forces and their effects, including terminal velocity and F=ma.
An interactive activity that explains how playing sports on the Moon would be different.
The Physics Classroom Tutorial is an online physics tutorial written for physics students aged 14 – 16. This section covers describing motion using words, graphs and equations. Students check their understanding after each section with self check questions. There are some useful animations in the Multimedia Studios section on the site.
A site that revises acceleration, speed time graphs and how to find distance, and the difference between speed and velocity.
An activity that revises distance-time and velocity-time graphs.
An activity that revises types of forces, resultant forces and their effects, including terminal velocity and F=ma.
A summary of the equations of motion with some test questions.
A site that revises velocity and acceleration, including the distance between a vector and a scalar, and methods of measuring velocity and acceleration.
A site that revises distance time graphs, including how they are constructed and finding velocity from the gradient.
A site that revises distance time graphs, including how they are constructed and finding velocity from the gradient.
A site that revises weight, mass, work and power.
An activity that revises energy, work, kinetic and potential energy.
A site that revises work, k.e. and p.e. and how it applies to theme park rides.
A summary of the equations of motion with some test questions.
A site that revises velocity and acceleration, including the distance between a vector and a scalar, and methods of measuring velocity and acceleration.
The Physics Classroom Tutorial is an online physics tutorial written for physics students aged 14 – 16. This section covers apparent weightlessness in orbit. Students check their understanding after each section with self-check questions. There are some useful animations in the Multimedia Studios section on the site.
A site that revises pressure and density and how to calculate them.
An activity that revises momentum and how it applies to situations.
A site that revises momentum and its link to force and car safety.
A site that revises momentum and how to do calculations involving conservation of momentum.
An interactive activity that explains how playing sports on the Moon would be different.