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Teaching Advanced Physics: Mechanics
From the Institute of Physics, these resources are split into topics and each topic is subdivided into a number of learning episodes. Each learning episode represents a coherent section of teaching. Typically the activities include discussion, demonstrations, student investigations and calculations and can be completed in one or two lessons. The topics covered are: * Statics * Kinematics * Drag forces * Newton’s laws * Work, energy and power * Momentum * Circular motion * Materials
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Episode 204: Preparation for Kinematics
In this topic, from the Institute of Physics, students learn to describe motion in terms of displacement, velocity, acceleration and time. There is only a limited discussion of the forces involved as kinematics is concerned with describing motion, while dynamics is concerned with explaining motion in terms of the...
Episode 205: Describing Motion
From the Institute of Physics, this episode introduces (or revises) the equations of motion. During a practical task, students undertake direct measurements to ensure that they understand the basic physics of velocity, distance and time.
Activities help students to understand:
• scalars and vectors,...
Episode 206: Uniform and Non-uniform Acceleration
This learning episode, from the Institute of Physics, looks at basic kinematics and introduces the equations of motion for uniform acceleration. It involves practicing calculations and compares uniform with non-uniform acceleration.
Activities look at:
• non-uniform acceleration down a ramp
•...
Episode 207: Projectile Motion
This learning episode, from the Institute of Physics, looks at the independence of vertical and horizontal motion. The crucial concept is that vertical acceleration does not affect horizontal velocity. This explains all projectile motion. There are a range of activities which include: • demonstrating and discussing...