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Circular Motion Activities 
  
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This is an online laboratory where students look at either video clips or Flash simulations that model an amusment park ride. Students then use a stop watch to measure velocity and…
http://www.viphysics.org/Circ_Lab/index.htm
Swing Ride Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Swing Ride Model simulates a type of ride that can be found at many carnivals and amusement parks. Riders sit in chairs suspended from the ends of support cables. These supports…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11639&DocI...
Simple Circular Motion Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This simulation is a simple model of a Merry-Go-Round. You can set the rotational speed and adjust the radial distance with sliders to see how these factors influence the net force…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11641&DocI...
Merry Mixer Ride Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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Anyone who has ridden "The Scrambler" ride at an amusement park will be familiar with the system depicted in this simulation. The Merry Mixer Ride Model shows the interaction of two…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11642&DocI...
Downhill Race 
  
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This lab allows students to explore the impact of mass distribution for the motion of cylinders rolling down slopes. Two cylinders that look the same may roll down a hill at…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/downhill-race
Motion in a Circle - Lesson Plan 
  
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This lesson plan provides an approach to teaching circular motion. It covers uniform circular motion, and the relation of its frequency with the peripheral velocity v, the radius of…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Lcircul.htm
PBS Learning Media: Thank Goodness for Gravity 
  
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This 6-minute video stars a young boy who is concerned about spinning through space until he is introduced to a Foucault pendulum. He learns all about how French scientist Leon…
https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ket09.sci.ess.gravity/thank-g...
PBS Learning Media: Teaching from Space - Centripetal Force 
  
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This unique five-minute video features a NASA astronaut demonstrating centripetal force in ways students cannot observe in daily life. The video was shot in a weightless environment…
https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/npe11.sci.phys.maf.centripeta...
Interactive Video Vignettes: Bullet in a Block 
  
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This interactive video tutorial allows students to explore concepts of momentum conservation and energy conservation. This vignette shows that when a suspended block of wood is shot…
https://www.compadre.org/ivv/vignettes/bulletBlock.cfm
Video Analysis of the Rolling Droid in Star Wars VII  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This blog post includes a Tracker video analysis of a Star Wars VII trailer scene showing a rolling droid. The goal is to estimate the droid's rotational and linear speeds. A…
https://www.wired.com/2014/12/fast-rolling-droid-star-wars-vii/
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