The motion of objects can be described and predicted using the laws of physics

This downloadable resource is useful for demonstrating velocity and acceleration vectors.

The resource, which can be either displayed in a web browser or downloaded as a standalone Java application, is a simulation that illustrates velocity and acceleration vectors as changing arrows as a ball is moved around a screen.

Linear motion, simple harmonic motion and circular motion are demonstrated. The velocity and acceleration arrows can be shown together, or one or both can be hidden to allow students to predict their directions.

This downloadable student activity investigates velocity and acceleration.

The resource is an MS Word document that details a practical activity that focuses on investigating constant velocity and accelerated motion using ticker timers and dynamics trolleys in the laboratory.

The resource can also be used as student worksheets for the activity.

Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U05 (Year 10)

A downloadable resource in which students determine a value for gravitational acceleration.

This downloadable resource is a worksheet for a practical activity where students determine a value for the acceleration due to gravity and then compare it to 9.8 ms^-2.

Students drop a ball from a height and measure the distance covered and time taken.

The worksheet details the necessary calculations.

Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U05 (Year 10)

This resource looks at the concepts of collisions and momentum.

The online resource is an entertaining student presentation including slides, two videos and a short experiment that focuses on the physics concepts of collisions and the role of crumple zones.

The video shows the equations involved with momentum and impulse to reduce force through crumple zones. Also a short experiment of a collision between a car and a wall, with and without a crumple zone, is shown and the difference in force is calculated and explained.