The Physics Hypertextbook: Acceleration

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written by Glenn Elert

This resource offers support in understanding equations related to acceleration and includes several problems for numerical practice. Scroll to the bottom for a list of links to additional engaging and innovative activities for high school students. This is part of an online textbook in introductory physics.

http://physics.info/acceleration/

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Motion in One Dimension	- High School	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Textbook

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Restriction:: © 1998 Glenn Elert
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Keywords:: acceleration, acceleration due to gravity, average acceleration, instantaneous acceleration, kinematics
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created October 19, 2006 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: November 17, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 18, 2006

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: Kinematics: The Physics of Motion
Unit Title: Motion in One Dimension

This resource offers support in understanding the concept of acceleration as a rate of change. It includes example problems with solutions, homework problems, and a fun section that provides sample accelerations of selected events. Great content support for middle school teachers or solid tutorial for high school physics.

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Elert, G. (2006, July 18). The Physics Hypertextbook: Acceleration. Retrieved May 22, 2013, from http://physics.info/acceleration/

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Elert, Glenn. The Physics Hypertextbook: Acceleration. July 18, 2006. http://physics.info/acceleration/ (accessed 22 May 2013).

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Elert, Glenn. The Physics Hypertextbook: Acceleration. 1998. 18 July 2006. 22 May 2013 <http://physics.info/acceleration/>.

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