Y12 Mechanics Applets
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1. Vectors
- Adding
- Adding,subtracting and components
- Velocity
- Graphing Vectors
2. Energy
3. Forces
- Force of Friction (Physics zone – fee charged)
- Resultant Force
- Atwood Machine
- (Java 1.1) Equilibrium of 3 forces (Java 1.4)
4. Kinematics
- Graphs (1)
- Graphs (2)
- Acceleration (Physics zone – fee charged)
- (Java 1.1) Constant acceleration (Java 1.4)
- Acceleration due to gravity (Physics Zone – Fee charged)
- Roller Coaster
- Reaction Time
- Car Accident
- Parachute
- Parachute & Air Resistance
- Racing Balls
- Falling Balls (needs Shockwave)
5. Relative Motion
- (Java 1.1) Adding vectors (1) (Java 1.4)
- Adding & Subtracting Vectors
- Vectors & Components
- River and Boat
6. Projectile Motion
- Water Balloons
- Golf Range
- Shoot the Monkey
- Cannon Launcher
- Projectile Motion
- Projectile Motion (2)
- Projectile Motion (3)
- Projectile Simulation
- Newton’s Mountain
- Rocket Simulation
- Boucing Ball
7. Circular Motion
- (Java 1.1) Carousel (Java 1.4)
- Centripetal & Centrifugal Force (Physics Zone – Fee charged)
8. Torque
- (Java 1.1) Principle of moments (Java 1.4)
- Seesaw
- Seesaw (2)
9. Momentum
- Drop a Brick
- Conservation (airtrack 1)
- Conservation (airtrack 2)
- Conservation Train
- Conservation in 2D
- Impulse (Physics Zone – Fee charged)
- Explosions (Physics Zone – Fee charged)
10. Collisions
- Types of Collision (Physics Zone – Fee charged)
- (Java 1.1) Elastic & inelastic (Java 1.4)
- Inelastic and momentum
- Elastic and momentum (1)
11. Hooke’s Law
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