Mechanics with animations and film clips: Physclips.

Physclips: Mechanics with animations and video film clips.

Kinematics and dynamics are presented here in multimedia, at introductory and also at deeper levels. Individual video clips and animations are suitable for use by teachers, while students may use the whole package for self instruction or for reference.

Animations from Physclips require the Flash 8 Plugin. The multimedia modules have animations and film clips and are typically 3-5 Mb. The much smaller HTML versions have only text and images. (If your connection is slow, you might read some of the background links while the modules load.)

Physclips has won the Physics division of the 2007 Pirelli Prizes for Science Communication

Related Links for each module:- Introduction What is Physclips? What's it for? How can I use it?
1. Constant Acceleration Related Links A simple introduction to calculus: Differentials and integrals Graphs, errors, significant figures, dimensions and units Vectors
2. Projectiles Related Links Background material for projectiles Graphs, errors, dimensions and units The monkey and the hunter
3. Circular Motion Related Links Background material for circular motion Vectors A simple introduction to calculus: Differentials and integrals
4. Simple Harmonic Motion Related Links Background material for simple harmonic motion More about chladni patterns AC circuits What is a sound spectrum?
5. Newton's laws Related Links Background material for Newton's laws. Inertial frames and the Foucault pendulum. What are coriolis forces? Other ways of writing Newton's laws Other units of force. Frames of reference for Newton's laws -- Galilean relativity. Frames of reference for Newton's and Maxwell's laws -- Einstein's relativity. Newton's laws: more background
6. Weight & contact forces Related Links Young's modulus, Hooke's law and material properties Simple experiments on coefficients of friction Wheels and rolling Background material on gravity
7. Energy & power Related Links Background material on work, energy and power.
8. Centre of mass Related Links
9. Momentum Momentum, Newton's laws and collisions Collision examples and calculations Collisions in two dimensions
10. Rotation Related Links Background material on rotation Wheels and rolling
11. Gravity Background material on gravity

	Physclips is funded by The Australian Learning and Teaching Council	-