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eCUIP Project: Cultural Astronomy -- Bringing the Heavens to Earth 
  
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This teaching module, part of the University of Chicago Internet Project, explores astronomy from the cultural context of past societies and their observations of the heavens. What…
http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/diglib/science/cultural_astronomy/index.ht...
eCUIP Project: Where Is Polaris? 
  
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This interactive tutorial promotes understanding of why Earth's rotation makes it appear as though stars are orbiting the Earth. The simulation features Polaris (the North Star) as…
http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/diglib/science/cultural_astronomy/interact...
Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycle on Projectile Motion 
  
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This learning cycle features six videotaped experiments, organized sequentially for introducing the topic of projectile motion in introductory physics courses. Each video includes…
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http://paer.rutgers.edu/PT3/experimentindex.php?topicid=2&cycleid=8
The Animated Chalkboard 2006: Motion 1  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This zip file download contains a package of 22 Windows-based physics animations on velocity, acceleration, friction, momentum, rotational frames, and more. It was created as an…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10633&DocI...
Frames of Reference: The Basics 
  
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This is a lesson plan for teaching frames of reference. It is linked to text material on reference frames, aberration of light, and a very short introduction to the foundations of…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Lframes1.htm
NTNU Java: Relative Motion (frame of reference) 
  
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This applet presents a graphical, interactive picture of relative motion. It illustrates how an object may appear to have different motions to different observers, depending on how…
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=140.0
PhysClips: The Foucault Pendulum 
  
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This interactive tutorial provides a simple explanation of the Foucault Pendulum, a device constructed in 1851 by French physicist Jean Foucault to demonstrate the rotation of the…
https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/foucault_pendulum.html
Roller Coaster Science: Using Smartphones to Measure g-Forces  [ Report ]
  
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This lesson blends physics, technology, and engineering as students use smartphone accelerometer apps to record data and analyze changes in g-Force on amusement park rides. The…
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Where to Where 
  
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This applet illustrates the motion of an object in from different reference perspectives. A block moves with a constant velocity on a second object that is also moving. Velocities…
http://www.rwi-natuurkunde.nl/applets/Surendranath/Applets/Kinematics/Re...
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
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