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Applied Maths: Circular Motion Applets
| Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day? | link | Webpage from scientificamerican.com | |
| Circular Motion Demonstration with Sparkler | link | Alom Shaha on YouTube. 3 mins | 4 Star |
| Forces acting on a car taking a bend | From absorblearning.com | 3 Star | |
| Out of control carousel. There was actually an exam question on this a few years back | YouTube. 1 min | 4 Star |
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| 6 mark question: Identify all forces acting on the motorcyclist in this Wall of Death | YouTube. 1 min | 5 Star | |
| Nice demonstration of a force acting in towards the centre causing circular motion | Using a ball and mallet? YouTube. 1 mins | 5 Star | |
| This is a demo (with explanation) of a jar of water swinging over a person's head. | The emphasis is on forces. From vimeo.com. 3 mins | 4 Star | |
| Pouring iced tea while flying upside down | YouTube. 1 min. | 4 Star |
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| There is something very odd about this image. | Hmmm . . . | ||
Relationship between linear velocity and angular velocity |
Notice that both bugs have the same angular velocity but different linear velocities |
4 Star | |
| Shows the path of a particle under the influence of inverse square central force | 3 Star | ||
| Centrifugal Force | A common myth treated in cartoon fashion by xkcd.com | 5 Star | |
| Dealing with some misconceptions | YouTube 3 mins. | 4 Star | |
| Satellite motion | |||
Try to put the satellite into orbit |
3 Star | ||
As above |
3 Star | ||
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Close Earth projection |
3 Star | ||
| Watch the satellites in real time | Fantastic site - click and rotate on the globe or on a satellite | 5 Star | |
| Introduction to Satellites | Includes a nice video on the Physics of Satellites, launches etc | 4 Star | |
| Why doesn't the space shuttle fall to Earth? | Cool explanation. YouTube. one minute. Also explains weightlessness | 4 Star | |
| Why doesn't the moon fall down? | This time from an astronomer. YouTube. Two minutes | 4 Star | |
| Before Newton, even before Galileo, there was Kepler; trully one of our very first scientists. His work was on the motion of the planets and paved the way for Newton. | Background into Kepler's life and times Carl Sagan via YouTube. 10 mins |
4 Star |