Part 1 Mechanics

Useful weblinks
Roller Coaster G-Forces
This website has good examples of circular motion and weightlessness using g-forces on a
roller coaster.
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/circmot/rcd.cfm

Simultaneity Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity

The website has a video that gives a demonstration and explanation of simultaneity in
Einstein's special theory of relativity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wteiuxyqtoM

Inelastic Collision: Car Rear Ends Truck

This website shows an animation of an inelastic collision between a car and truck, and
shows a calculation of the conservation and transfer of momentum from one object to
another.
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/momentum/creti.cfm

Elastic Collision: Car Rear Ends Truck

This website shows an animation of an elastic collision between a car, and truck and shows a
calculation of the conservation and transfer of momentum from one object to another.
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/momentum/trece.cfm

Physics: Newton's Second Law for Rotational Motion

This website gives a video demonstration of Newton's second law for rotational motion. The
video describes the concepts of torque, moment of inertia and angular acceleration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yY3Q8P9ukE

Adding Vectors: How to Find the Resultant of Three or More Vectors

This website has a video tutorial of vector addition. It takes students through algebraically
adding vectors together using vector components.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_TnqKX5ybY&feature=related

Hyperphysics Concepts: Mechanics

This website has information relating to mechanics, energy, momentum, velocity and
acceleration, with examples for each of the topics. The site also includes many links to
related physics topics.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html#mechcon

PhysCasts: Stopping a rotating satellite

This YouTube clip shows the worked solution of a problem involving Newton's second law
for rotational motion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAarNyo1mUA
Solved Problems: Box on an Inclined Plane
This website provides an example of solving a problem using Newton's Laws. There are hints
available to guide the student through the process.
https://physicstasks.eu/509/a-box-on-an-inclined-plane

Physics: Energy and Momentum Julius Sumner Miller

This site is a seven-minute YouTube video of Julius Sumner Miller explaining and
demonstrating the concepts of energy and momentum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKCdq6X08Sw

Centripetal vs Centrifugal
This website discusses the important difference between centripetal and centrifugal force in
circular motion.
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circles/Lesson-1/The-Forbidden-F-Word

Conservation of Angular Momentum

This YouTube clip provides a thorough discussion of angular momentum, and situations in
which it is a conserved quantity. Qualitative and quantitative examples are given.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgcudPr73LU

Planetary Orbit Simulator

This website provides an interactive simulator to analyse the various parameters of an
orbiting body. Kepler's Laws are applied to the animated orbit.
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/pos/animations/kepler.html