Computational Activities

1D motion

Kinematics

• Colliding Crates

• Head-on Collision

• Rear-end Collision

• Freefall Modeling

• Phineas & Ferb

• Dog and UPS truck

• Box Race

• Drag Race

• Recursive Modeling with Acceleration

Momentum

• Inelastic / Elastic Collisions
• Impulse

• Football Players

• Sticky Collision

• Impulse From Spring

Newton’s 2nd Law

• Beating the Train

• Shuffleboard Modeling

• Bowling

Drag

• Terminal Velocity

• Skydiving Stunt

• Marshmallow Launch

2D Motion

Projectile Motion

• Ball Launch

• Cirque du Soleil Stunt

• Homecoming Cheerleader Launch

• Angry Birds

• Bounce

• Zorro’s Escape

Relative Motion

• Inner Tube River Crossing

• River Boat Issue

• Triathlete’s Dilemma

• Dog Chasing Mail Truck

Inclined Planes

• Block on a Ramp

• Ball on a Ramp

• Daring Dungeoneering

Circular Motion

Newton’s Law of Gravitation

• Satellite Orbit

Simple Harmonic Motion

Hooke’s Law

• Modeling Simple Harmonic Motion

• Solar System Springs

• Bungee Jump

Electricity & Magnetism

Visualizations

• Visualizing Electric Fields

• Visualizing Magnetic Fields

• Visualizing Electric Potential

• E Field Superposition

Coulomb’s Law

• Charged Balloons

Lorentz Force

• Magnetic Field Deflection

• Forces on Current Carrying Wire

• Wien Filter

Rutherford Scattering

• Unscrupulous Scattering

Circuits

• Celestial Circuitry

Induced EMF

• EMF Espionage

Electromagnetic Waves

• Electromagnetic Investigation

Heat and Kinetic Energy

• Phase Changes

Computer Science

• Glowscript Basics: Snowman

• Loops, Time, and Iteration

• Pong

Professional Development Activities

1D Mass-spring System

• Cat Toy