Physics 310 Web Links and Files

Check these out for a different perspective and real world applications

Chapter 1

National Institute of Standards (NIST)

unit conversion applet

Chapter 2

"Physics classroom" graphs and animations for 1-D kinematics

instantaneous vs. avg. velocity animation

free fall demonstration

free fall/terminal veloc. animation

free fall on the moon movie from NASA

Excel worksheet for stoplight problem

Chapter 3

vector addition and component calculator

Vector addition applet (better)

Google Earth download

Numerical Weather models & satellite photos

Surface weather observations

NE Doppler Radar

Projectile motion applet

Projectile motion applet (better)

scorched earth game

monkey and hunter demo video

Wikipedia: trajectory of a projectile

Excel file for projectile motion lab analysis

Chapter 4

Newton's 1st law (physics classroom)