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NTNU Java: Relative Motion (frame of reference) 
  
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Try out your sense of relative motion with this applet. You are looking down on a river, with objects floating by, a boat moving, and a person walking by, who can also swim across.…
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=140.0
20G Centrifuge 
  
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This NASA page is an image set illustrating the 20g centrifuge at the Ames Research Center. The photographs include two of human subjects strapped in the place at one end of the…
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/multimedia/images/2006/20gcentrifuge.h...
What is a "fictitious force"? 
  
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This scientific American webpage by the physicist David Politzer explains examples of fictitious force, including the Coriolis force and also the motion of tea leaves when tea is…
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-a-fictitious-force/
Coupled Resonant Pendulums 
  
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This site from the Exploratorium uses everyday materials to show the exchange of energy between two coupled pendulums. The site provides a thorough description of how the two…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/coupled-resonant-pendulums
Reduced Gravity Experiments: Vomit Comet Blog 
  
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Visit this site to read a blog about a flight aboard NASA’s reduced gravity parabolic aircraft--the Vomit Comet. The author joined high school teams that conducted experiments in…
http://www.physicscentral.org/explore/einstein/wyp2005/projects/freefall...
Einstein Light: Inertial frames and Newtonian mechanics 
  
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This web page describes inertial and non-inertial frames of reference, the latter being frames where Newton's laws do not hold. The text explains "fictitious forces", the centrifugal…
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm
Coriolis Force and Noninertial Effects 
  
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This site, from Oregon State University, offers animations that illustrate fictitious forces on frictionless objects on the Earth's surface. The graphic display contrasts the path of…
http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/~mcintyre/coriolis/
Einstein Light: Galilean Relativity and Newtonian Mechanics 
  
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J. Wolfe and G. Hatsidimitris
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This part of the Einstein Light site presents the concept of an inertial reference frame, along with explanations of Newton's three laws. This site is produced at the University of…
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Galileo_and_Newton...
The Foucault Pendulum 
  
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This website, from Physclips, provides a general explanation of the Foucault pendulum, which is a laboratory demonstration of the earth's rotation. Some historical material is…
https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/foucault_pendulum.html
Physclips: Newton's laws: Background and limitations 
  
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J. Wolfe; Publisher: University of New South Wales
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This web page provides a multimedia introduction to Newton's laws. It includes topics such as inertial and non-inertial frames, relative motion, forces, mass, acceleration, and a few…
https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/Newton.htm