Interactive/Simulation

These online interactives demonstrate the interaction of forces.

The resources are a number of downloadable interactive simulations that help explain the various forces acting on moving objects in terms of the mathematics involved.

Explore the forces at work when you try to push different objects along a flat surface. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the object.

See charts that show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration v time.

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 online resource looks at the history of the Universe.

The resource is an interactive timeline that covers the history of the Universe and the Earth from the Big Bang to the current day.

Links from this page also give access to activities that help reinforce the concepts involved.

Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U03 (Year 10)