Maybe you have noticed how much material there was (for me at least) in last week's MythBusters. One of the myths they looked at was the bus jumping over a gap in the road from the movie Speed. I am ...

The terms projectile and trajectory are introduced. Projectile Motion: The terms projectile and trajectory are introduced. Students learn to describe horizontal and vertical components of a projectile ...

This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Suppose you throw some object near the surface of the earth. If the only significant force on the object is the constant downward ...

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) literacy is difficult for college students, so you would not expect a high school student to master these concepts and also convey them via computer ...

I wish Angry Birds had been around when I was teaching high school physics. Please don’t think of the game as a hate crime against hogs, or an avian anger management program—instead, think of it as a ...

Simulations are a great way of learning. Those who have played sports and flight simulations know it well. This same experimentation can be done with science, and the internet is a great resource to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Publisher Information The National Defense Industrial Association drives strategic dialogue in national security by identifying key issues and ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I ...