Acceleration Challenge
A randomised challenge covering acceleration, deceleration, initial velocity, final velocity, elapsed time and the difference between speed and acceleration.
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Forces & Motion interactive resources
Explore Forces & Motion through 31 licensed Physics simulations, guided investigations and challenges for classroom teaching.
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Acceleration Explorer
Students investigate how changes in velocity over time produce acceleration, deceleration and constant-velocity motion.
Acceleration Investigation
A guided ramp investigation in which students compare repeated trials and calculate acceleration for different slopes.
Area Under a Velocity–Time Graph Explorer
Students calculate distance and displacement from rectangular, triangular, trapezoidal and signed areas beneath velocity–time graphs.
Average Speed Explorer
An open average-speed explorer in which students adjust distance and travel time, run an animated car and observe the relationship between distance, time and average…
Average Speed Investigation
A guided investigation in which students measure a moving car using manual stopwatch trials, calculate mean time and average speed, identify anomalous results and…
Collision Momentum: Real-World Collisions
Explore momentum and collisions through Space, NASCAR and Baseball contexts, then investigate mass, velocity, elasticity, impulse, momentum vectors and kinetic energy in…
Force Challenge
Apply force and motion concepts in challenge questions or scenarios, practising how to interpret net force and its effects. The full interactive is available to licensed…
Hooke's Law: Guided Investigation
A step-by-step version of the classic spring-extension practical. Students calculate extensions from ruler readings, plot a graph, identify the limit of proportionality…
Hooke's Law: Spring Explorer
Drag a load slider to stretch a spring, a copper wire or a rubber band, and watch the force–extension graph plot live — including the limit of proportionality, the…
Momentum & Collisions Challenge
A randomised challenge where students solve momentum and collision problems involving different masses and speeds, predict collision outcomes and apply conservation of…
Momentum & Collisions Investigation
A step-by-step investigation into how mass and velocity affect momentum and collisions. Students predict outcomes, test ideas with light and heavy objects, and connect…
Newton's First Law Explorer
A canvas-based explorer where students investigate inertia, balanced and unbalanced forces, friction, initial velocity and constant motion.
Newton's Laws Challenge
A mixed canvas-based challenge covering law classification, balanced forces, F = ma calculations and third-law force-pair identification.
Newton's Second Law Explorer
Test how changes in net force and mass affect an object's acceleration in a Newton's second law interactive. The full interactive is available to licensed Education…
Newton's Third Law Explorer
A canvas-based explorer showing equal and opposite force pairs across pushes, collisions, swimming and rocket motion.
Projectile Motion Simulator
Launch a projectile at any speed, angle and height, then watch how gravity shapes its path. Compare range and maximum height as the launch conditions change, and see…
Projectile Motion: Guided Calculations
Work step-by-step through the maths behind a randomly generated launch. Calculate horizontal and vertical velocity components, time of flight, maximum height, range and…
Projectile Motion: Guided Journey
A guided, step-by-step walkthrough of projectile motion set against a real launch — golf, NFL punting, cricket, or a fireworks shell — exploring the launch, rise, apex…
Projectile Targeting Challenge
Calculate the launch angle, speed, or landing point needed to hit a target — then fire to find out if you got it right. Five escalating rounds cover solving for angle,…
Speed, Velocity & Displacement Challenge
A randomised challenge covering distance, displacement, average speed, average velocity, direction and return journeys.
Speed, Velocity & Displacement Explorer
Students compare distance with displacement and speed with velocity across direct, return and multi-stage journeys.
Spring & Elastic Materials Challenge
A randomised challenge covering Hooke's law calculations — extension, force and spring constant — plus questions on permanent deformation once a material is stretched…
Terminal Velocity & Air Resistance Explorer
A falling skydiver accelerates under gravity while air resistance grows with speed. Watch weight and drag balance at terminal velocity, then open the parachute to see…
Uniform Acceleration Equations Challenge
A guided calculation challenge in which students identify known values, select an equation, rearrange it and solve uniformly accelerated motion problems.
Vector or Scalar?
Students classify fourteen everyday quantities — force, velocity, mass, temperature, and more — as vectors or scalars, with immediate feedback and a short explanation…
Vehicle Safety & Newton's Laws Challenge
Become a vehicle safety engineer and use Newton's Laws, momentum and stopping distance calculations to design safer cars. Investigate collisions, evaluate safety…
Velocity–Time Graph Explorer
Students connect animated motion with velocity–time graphs and investigate constant velocity, acceleration, deceleration and reversal of direction.
Velocity–Time Graph Explorer: Guided Journey
A guided, step-by-step walkthrough of velocity–time graphs set against a real current event (motorsport, athletics, cycling or a rocket launch). Students work through…
Weight Across Worlds: Gravity Explorer
Set an object's mass, then compare its weight on Earth, the Moon, Mars and Jupiter using W = m × g. Watch a jump animation scale with each world's gravity, compare all…
What Force Is That?
Twelve everyday scenes — a tug pulling a tanker, a compass near a magnet, a parachutist descending — where students identify which type of force is acting, with…