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# Lessons Simulations
1: Describing Motion
1.1 Analyzing Motion Using Diagrams (5)
Motion Diagrams
Motion Diagrams: Question 1
Motion Diagrams: Question 2
Motion Diagrams: Question 3
Motion Diagrams: Question 4
1.2 Analyzing Motion Using Graphs (4)
Kinematics Graphs
Kinematics Graphs: Velocity
Kinematics Graphs: Acceleration
Kinematics Graphs: Question 4
1.3 Predicting Motion from Graphs (10)
Kinematics Graphs: Question 1
Kinematics Graphs: Answer 1
Kinematics Graphs: Question 2
Kinematics Graphs: Answer 2
Kinematics Graphs: Question 3
Kinematics Graphs: Answer 3
Kinematics Graphs: Question 4
Kinematics Graphs: Answer 4
Kinematics Graphs: Question 5
Kinematics Graphs: Answer 5
1.4 Predicting Motion from Graphs (4)
Predict Motion: Equations 1
Predict Motion: Equations 2
Predict Motion: Equations 3
Predict Motion: Equations 4
1.5 Problem-Solving Strategies for Kinematics (5)
Question Solve Strategy: Word
Question Solve Strategy: Pictorial
Question Solve Strategy: Motion
Question Solve Strategy: Graph
Question Solve Strategy: Equation
1.6 Skier Races Downhill (2)
Skier's Motion
Question
1.7 Balloonist Drops Lemonade (5)
Lemonade Drop: Graph
Lemonade Drop: Pictorial Description
Lemonade Drop: Motion
Lemonade Drop: Question 1
Lemonade Drop: Question 2
1.8 Seat Belts Save Lives (3)
  • Estimation Video: Crate on a Truck 1
  • Estimation Video: Crate on a Truck 2
  • Estimation Video: Egg Hits Windshield
  • Crate Slide
    Collision Acceleration
    Collision Acceleration Question
    1.9 Screeching to a Halt (4)
    Car Stop: Distance
    Car Stop: MotionDiagrams
    Car Stop: Question
    Car Stop: Reaction
    1.10 Pole-Vaulter Lands (4)
    Pole-Vaulter: Graph
    Pole-Vaulter: Motion
    Pole-Vaulter: Motion Diagram
    Pole-Vaulter: Question
    1.11 Car Starts, Then Stops (4)
    Car Start Stop: Diagram
    Car Start Stop: Graph
    Car Start Stop: Question
    Car Start Stop: Time
    1.12 Solving Two-Vehicle Problems (4)
    Two-Vehicle: Motion Description
    Two-Vehicle: Motion Diagrams
    Two-Vehicle: Motion Graphs
    Two-Vehicle: Numbers
    Two-Vehicle: Question
    1.13 Car Catches Truck (4)
    Car Catches Truck: Graphs
    Car Catches Truck: Motion
    Car Catches Truck: Numbers
    Car Catches Truck: Question
    1.14 Avoiding a Rear-End Collision (5)
    Avoid Rear Collision: 1
    Avoid Rear Collision: 2
    Avoid Rear Collision: Motion
    Avoid Rear Collision: Graphs
    Avoid Rear Collision: Equations
    2: Forces and Motion
    2.1.1 Force Magnitudes (1)
    Compare Force Magnitudes
    2.1.2 Skydiver (1)
    Skydiver
    2.1.3 Tension Change (1)
    Tension Change While Pulling
    2.1.4 Sliding on an Incline (2)
    Sliding on Incline: Friction
    Sliding on Incline: Friction
    2.1.5 Car Race (1)
  • Estimation Video: Ball 1
  • Estimation Video: Ball 2
  • Estimation Video: Two Balls
  • Car Race
    2.2 Lifting a Crate (5)
    Crate Up: Question 1
    Crate Up: Acceleration
    Force Diagram
    Crate Up: Question 6
    Crate Up Question 7
    2.3 Lowering a Crate (5)
    Lowering a Crate: Question 1
    Lowering a Crate: Question 2
    Force Diagram
    Lowering a Crate: Question 5
    Lowering a Crate: Question 6
    2.4 Rocket Blasts Off (1)
    Rocket
    2.5 Truck Pulls Crate (1)
  • Estimation Video: Truck Pulls Crate 1
  • Estimation Video: Truck Pulls Crate 2
  • Truck Pulls Crate
    2.6 Pushing a Crate Up a Wall (5)
    Push Crate Up Wall
    Force Diagram
    Push Crate: Answer 1
    Push Crate: Answer 3
    Push Crate: Answer 4
    2.7 Skier Goes Down a Slope (5)
  • Estimation Video: Truck Slips on an Incline
  • Skier 1
    Skier 2
    Force Diagram
    Skier: Magnitudes of the Forces
    Skier: Acceleration
    Skier: Kinematics
    2.8 Skier and Rope Tow (5)
    Ski Rope Tow
    Force Diagram
    Ski Rope Tow: Answer 1
    Ski Rope Tow: Magnitudes of the Forces
    Ski Rope Tow: Tension
    2.9 Pole-Vaulter Vaults (5)
    Pole-Vaulter
    Pole-Vaulter: Acceleration
    Force Diagram
    Pole-Vaulter: Answer 3
    Pole-Vaulter: Answer 5
    2.10 Truck Pulls Two Crates (2)
    Truck Pulls Two Crates
    Truck Pulls: Answer 2
    2.11 Modified Atwood Machine (4)
  • Modified Atwood Machine
  • Modified Atwood Machine: Question 1
    Modified Atwood Machine: Question 2
    Modified Atwood Machine: Question 4
    Modified Atwood Machine: Question 8
    3: Projectile Motion
    3.1 Solving Projectile Motion Problems (3)
    Projectile Motion
    Projectile Motion: Vertical Motion
    Projectile Motion: Visualizing
    3.2 Two Balls Falling (1)
    Two Balls Fall
    3.3 Changing the x-Velocity (1)
    "What If" Questions
    3.4 Projectile x- andy-Accelerations (1)
    Projectile x-and y-Accelerations
    3.5 Initial Velocity Components (1)
    Initial Velocity Components
    3.6 Target Practice I (1)
    Target Practice 1
    3.7 Target Practice II (1)
    Target Practice 2
    4: Circular Motion
    4.1 Magnitude of Centripetal Acceleration (2)
  • Estimation Video: Cars Going Around a Track
  • Magnitude of Centripetal Acceleration
    Acceleration Direction
    4.2 Circular Motion Problem Solving (4)
  • Estimation Video: Swinging a Bucket of Water
  • Circular Question Solving
    Acceleration Direction
    Force Diagram
    Tension
    4.3 Cart Goes Over Circular Path (5)
    Cart Over Hump
    Cart Over Hump: Question 1
    Cart Over Hump: Answer 1
    Force Diagram
    Cart Over Hump: Answer 2
    Cart Over Hump: Answer 4
    4.4 Ball Swings on a String (12)
    Ball in Circle 1
    Ball in Circle: Question 1
    Force Diagram 1
    Ball in Circle: Answer 1
    Newton's Second Law
    Force Diagram 2
    Answer 2
    Radial Component of Newton's Second Law 1
    Force Diagram 3
    Answer 3
    Radial Component of Newton's Second Law 2
    Question 4
    4.5 Car Circles a Track (5)
  • Estimation Video: Plane Flies at End of String
  • Car on Level Track
    Car on Level Track: Question 1
    Car on Level Track: Answer 1
    Car on Level Track: Answer 1 (graphical)
    Force Diagram
    Newton's Second Law
    4.6 Satellites Orbit (2)
    Orbital Motion Force
    Orbital Motion Question
    7: Rotational Motion
    7.1 Calculating Torques (6)
    Horizontal Beam Forces
    Horizontal Beam Forces: Question 1.a
    Horizontal Beam Forces: Question 1.b
    Horizontal Beam Forces: Question 2
    Horizontal Beam Forces: Question 3
    Horizontal Beam Forces: Question 4
    7.2 A Tilted Beam: Torques and Equilibrium (2)
    A Tilted Beam: Torques and Equilibrium
    A Tilted Beam: Question 1
    7.3 Arm Levers (4)
  • Estimation Video: Biceps Experiment
  • The Biceps Lifting System
    The Biceps Lifting: Question 1
    The Triceps Pushing System
    The Triceps Lifting: Question 2
    7.4 Two Painters on a Beam (2) Painters
    Painters: Question 1
    7.5 Lecturing from a Beam (3) Lecturing from a Beam
    Lecturing from a Beam: Question 1
    7.6 Rotational Inertia (2)
  • Estimation Video: Windmill 1
  • Estimation Video: Windmill 2
  • Rotational Inertia
    Translational Acceleration
    Rotational Acceleration
    7.7 Rotational Kinematics (4) Rotational Kinematics: Angular Acceleration
    Rotational Kinematics: Angular Position
    Rotational Kinematics: Angular Velocity
    Rotational Kinematics: Question
    7.8 Rotoride- Dynamics Approach (2) RotoRide Dynamics and Energy Approach
    RotoRide: Question 4
    7.9 Falling Ladder (2) Falling Ladder: Introduction
    Falling Ladder: Question 3
    7.10 Woman and Flywheel Elevator-Dynamics Approach (3) Woman and Flywheel Elevator: Introduction
    Woman and Flywheel Elevator: Question 3
    Woman and Flywheel Elevator: Question 4
    7.11 Race Between a Block and a Disk (2)
  • Estimation Video: Toys
  • Disk Block Race
    Total Energy Charts
    Disk Block Race: Question 2
    7.12 Woman and Flywheel Elevator-Energy Approach (4) Woman and Flywheel Elevator: Introduction
    Woman and Flywheel Elevator: Question 1
    Total Energy Charts
    Woman and Flywheel Elevator: Question 4
    7.13 Rotoride-Energy Approach (4) RotoRide Dynamics & Energy Approach
    Total Energy Charts
    RotoRide Dynamics & Energy: Question 1
    RotoRide Dynamics & Energy: Question 5
    7.14 Ball Hits Bat (5) Bat Hits Ball: Introduction
    Bat Hits Ball: Question 2
    Bat Hits Ball: Question 3
    Bat Hits Ball: Question 4
    Bat Hits Ball: Question 5
    Bat Hits Ball: Question 5.b





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