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Collisions in One Dimension Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This interactive simulation allows students to collide two objects and investigate whether momentum and/or kinetic energy are conserved in the collision process. To keep things…
Free Fall Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This simulation allows students to examine the motion of an object in free fall. Download below. The user can control the initial height (0-20m), set an initial velocity from -20 to…
Free Fall Air Resistance Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This simulation allows students to compare the motion of free falling objects with and without the influence of air resistance. Air resistance is the result of collisions of the…
Vector Addition with Integer Components  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This simulation offers beginning students practice in two-dimensional vector addition. It is relatively simple, as the x and y components of each vector are integers. Given the…
Vector Addition Patterns Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This item is a Java simulation that illustrates the tail-to-tip method of adding vectors. As students adjust lengths and angles of two vectors, the resultant vector and components…
Graph Matching Motion Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This simulation gives students a powerful way to investigate the meaning of shape and slope for three types of motion graphs: position vs. time, velocity vs. time, and acceleration…
  
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This interactive simulation offers a way for students to explore the connection between uniform circular motion and simple harmonic motion. The display shows two blocks on springs…
Spring Motion Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Spring Motion Model shows the motion of a block attached to an ideal spring. The block can oscillate back-and-forth horizontally. Users can change the mass of the block, the…
  
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This web site on chemistry education provides a collection of demonstrations and hands-on activities on a wide range of topics to fit audiences from preschool to teacher in-service…
  
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This set of 30 interactive problems, developed for high school physics, addresses the learners' ability to distinguish between mass and weight, determine net force, construct…
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