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| Calculator Usage |
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How to setup and use your calculator to collect data using Vernier's potatoes. |
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Solving n x n system of equations. This example is applied to an electrical circuit. |
| Camera Use in the Lab for High Photography |
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Setting the Casio EX-FC150 camera for high speed photography |
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General tips about using the Casio EX-FC150 camera |
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How to remove the SD card from the Casio EX-FC150 camera |
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How to attach the tripod to the camera |
| Capacitance |
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Example problem showing a collection of capacitors connected to a single d.c. power source. Solve for the total capacitance, charge on each capacitor, potential difference across each capacitor and the energy stored in the circuit. |
| Circuits Analysis by Resistor Reduction (Direct Current, One Battery Only) |
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Identifying and reducing resistors in series |
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Identifying and reducing resistors in parallel |
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How to reduce a circuit down to a single resistor using resistor reduction. |
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How to find the voltage used by each resistor in a simplified circuit |
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How to check if you have the done the analysis correctly |
| Circuit Analysis Using Kirshoff's Laws |
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Kirchoff's 1st rule: Junction Rule |
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Kirchoff's 2nd rule: Loop Rule |
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SImple example using Kirchoff's 2nd Rule and no junctions |
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2nd example using Kirchoff's rules (Part 1 of 2) |
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2nd example using Kirchoff's rules (Part 2 of 2) |
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Finding the current in a specific resistor using Kirchoff's rules |
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Solving for 3 unknowns in 3 linear equations using a TI-82, TI-83, TI-84 calculator. this example using readuced roe echelon form, rref. |
| Coulomb's Law |
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Define and apply Coulomb's Law to find the net electrostatic force for point charges in a plane |
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Basic application of Coulomb's Law for point charges in a line
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| Dimensional Analysis |
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Dimensional analysis example problem |
| Electric Fields at a Point in Space |
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Calculate magnitude and direction of an e-field at a point in space |
| Electric Potential Voltage |
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Defines electric potential and gives an example problem |
| Electricity Basics |
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How to calculate the cost of electricity example |
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Another cost of electricity example |
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Calculating thermal energy lost in a wire |
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Ohm's Law calculation |
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Resistivity example solution |
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Ohm's Law Activity using an ExploreLearning Gizmo. |
| Energy |
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Example problem using work and conservation of energy |
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Example using conservation of energy with kinetic and graviational potential energies. |
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2nd Example using conservation of energy with kinetic and graviational potential energies. |
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Explaination of work "on" and "by" a force. |
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Example of how to calculate work. |
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Example of work with the law of conservation of energy |
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Power: A conceptual expaination |
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Power example problem part 1 of 2 |
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Power example problem part 2 of 2 |
| Fluids |
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Bernoulli Example Problem |
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Bouynacy Conceptually Explained |
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Bouyancy Example Problem |
| Free Bodies (Newton's Laws) |
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Free Body Example without an acceleration along an incline |
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Free Body Example with an acceleration along an incline |
| Netbook help |
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How to take a picture of a part of the screen on the netbook |
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When you put the mouse at the bottom of the screen, does the screen slide up? Can you see all of a Google doc to edit it? This video will show you how to adjust the screen resolution to fix some of these problems. |
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Removing an SD card, safely |
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Selecting a Printer |
| Physlets (How to use them) |
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One way to find the acceleration of a moving object in a physlet This is a newer version. It was updated October 14. |
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Finding the average velocity on a physlet: This video will give you some quick instructions on how to find the average velocity on a "physlet." Here is a helpful tip, for a constantly accelerating body, the average velocity is the instantaneous velocity at the mid point in the TIME interval. (Not the mid point in the distance interval.) So if you found the average velocity to be 4 m/s between 6 and 10 seconds, then the instantaneous velocity is exactly 4 m/s at 8 seconds. |
| Logger Lite and Logger Pro |
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Getting started with LoggerPro |
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Exporting data to a Google Spreadsheet |
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Logger Lite: How to rescale a graph to fit the screen |
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Logger Lite: How to change graph types between position, velocity and acceleration |
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Logger Lite: Find the slope and RMSE of a line segment on a graph - This instructional video shows how to find the slope of a graph and the RMSE using Logger Lite on a netbook. The RMSE value is another way at looking at how accurately the slope reflects the collection of data. |
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Logger Lite: Finding average value on a graph |
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Logger Pro: Impulse Lab: Changing the axis, finding the average velocity, and area under the curve |
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This video describes how to use LoggerPro (version 3.8.4) to analyze a video clip (including adjusting the frame per second to accomodate) high speed video and find the velocity from a position vs time graph. It also has a short piece at the end on how to enlarge the font in a dialog box so it can be easily read. |
| Google Apps |
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Google Docs: Convert Template to Editable Doc - This instructional video shows how to convert a Google Docs file that you can only view into an editable one by saving a new copy. |
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Google Docs: Sharing a document - This instructional video shows how to share a document on Google Docs. |
| Google Spreadsheets |
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Google Spreadsheet: How to Make an x-y line graph using a Google docs spreadsheet. This will show the basics in under 2.5 minutes. |
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Google Spreadsheet: Copy down with absolute formulae- This video will show you a short cut to copy information down to the cells below. It will also show how to use an absolute cell reference when doing math with the spreadsheet. These techniques also work in Excel and OpenOffice |
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Google Spreadsheet: How to change column width: This video shows you how to change a column's width in a Google spreadsheet. This also works in Excel and OpenOffice. |
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Google Spreadsheet More with Formulas pt 1 of 3 - Pt 1 of 3 - Google Spreadsheet Formula: This video will give a little background about how to use the basic math functions in a Google Spreadsheet. It covers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a power, and the squareroot This information is universal and can be applied to other spreadsheets such as Excel or OpenOffice. |
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Google Spreadsheet More with Formulas pt 2 of 3 - Pt 2 of 3 - Google Spreadsheet Formula: This video will give a little more background about how to use the basic math functions with arrays of values in a Google Spreadsheet. An array is a collection of cells touching each other. It covers, It covers Maximum, Minimum, Average, Sum, Count. This information is universal and can be applied to other spreadsheets such as Excel or OpenOffice. |
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Working with formulas: Part 2 of 3: |
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Google Spreadsheet More with Formulas Line of Best Fit pt 3 of 3 - Pt 2 of 3 - Google Spreadsheet Formula: This video will show how to use the built in functions to find the "Line of Best Fit" for a collection of cells or data. It will find the the slope, intercept and error. It uses the LINEST function. This information is universal and can be applied to other spreadsheets such as Excel or OpenOffice. |
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Line of Best Fit: Part 3 of 3 |
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01 Google Spreadsheets Graphing Pt 1 of 4 - Part 1 of 4 on how to make a graph in Google Spreadsheets. This covers moving the data before graphing. The data needs to be in side by side columns. This information can be used in other spreadsheet programs such as Excel and OpenOffice. |
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02 Google Spreadsheets Graphing Pt 2 of 4 - Part 2 of 4 on how to make an x-y line graph in Google Spreadsheets. This covers moving the data before graphing. The data needs to be in side by side columns. It also shows how to make the spreadsheet pick up on the x-y graph labels. In the process you will see various chart options. This information can be used in other spreadsheet programs such as Excel and OpenOffice. |
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03 Google Spreadsheets Graphing Pt 3 of 4 - Part 3 of 4 - Graph export options in Google Spreadsheets. this shows how to export an image of the chart for insertion into Google Docs, or any other word processing program. Remember, you cannot copy/paste a image into Google Docs. the image must be exported as a jpg, png, or gif and then inserted into a Google Docs application. This information can be used in other spreadsheet programs such as Excel and OpenOffice. |
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04 Google Spreadsheets Graphing Pt 4 of 4 - Part 4 of 4 - How to plot a line of best fit and a data line in Google Spreadsheet. You need to see the video on how to use the LINEST function before viewing this video. This information can be used in other spreadsheet programs such as Excel and OpenOffice. |
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05 Google Spreadsheets Cell Formula Pratt 5 of 7 - This video will show you how enter a formula in a cell of a Google Spreadsheet. This is part 1 of 2 parts showing how to work with formulae in cells. It shows how to use relative cell locations and absolute cell locations. It also shows some basic math. |
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06 Google Spreadsheets Cell Formula pt 6 of 7 - Pt 6 of 7 - This video will show you how enter a formula in a cell of a Google Spreadsheet. This is part 2 of 2 parts showing how to work with formulae in cells. shows how to find the average velocity in a pair o cells. |
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07 Google Spreadsheets Cell Formula pt 7 of 7 - Pt 7 of 7 - This video will show you how access the built in functions in a Google Spreadsheet. It will show how to access the following functions: average of a group of cells, standard deviation of a group of cells (STDEV), and how to "fill to the right." This information could also be used when working with other spreadsheet programs such as Excel of OpenOffice |
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Using the CONCATINATE command to "add" two spreadsheet cells that contain text into one cell. |
| Impulse and Momentum |
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This video shows how to solve a recoil problem using conservation of momentum |
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This video show how to apply the concept of impulse to problem solving. |
| Kepler's 3 Laws of Planetary Motion |
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Short summary of Kepler's 3 laws |
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Applying Kepler's 3rd law |
| Kinematics by graphical means |
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Video showing how a curve that is magnified enough looks straight. (Tangent line) |
| Kinematics by numbers only |
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Basic kinematics example problem |
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Segmented style problem, single motion with multiple accelerations |
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Basic "race style" problem explained |
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Another Basic "race style" problem explained |
| Live@EDU |
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Forwarding Email from Live@EDU |
| Miscellaneous |
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Ballistic Pendulum Instructions |
| Paper Roller Coaster Construction |
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01 Basic Construction Tips and Tricks (The most important video to watch) |
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02 How to Make the Columns |
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03 How to Make and Attach the Horizontal Beams |
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04 How to Make and Attach the Diagonal Supports |
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05 How to Make the Track Pieces |
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06 How to Make the Loop-the-Loop |
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07 How to Make the Paper Roller Coaster Shelves. (These support the track and other pieces.) |
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08 How to Make the Paper Funnel |
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09 How to Make the Paper Merge Piece |
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10 How to Make the Sharp and Wide Turns |
| Projectile Motion |
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Denitrifying the givens and breaking up the initial velocity into vertical and horizontal pieces. |
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Another video explaining how to break up the initial vertical given into horizontal and vertical components. |
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Doing calculations with apogee |
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Determining the signs of the variables |
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How to organize your givens in a table |
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One method for find the time in flight |
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Calculating an impact velocities magnitude and direction (honors only) |
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Lab - projectile motion activity set up video |
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Lab - collecting data using a photogate, LabPro2, and the TI-84 Calculator |
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Projectile motion example solution to porblem #7 |
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Projectile motion example solution to porblem #8 |
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Projectile Investigator Instructions |
| Rotational Inertia Demos |
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Demo #1 |
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Demo #2 |
| Sumo Car Kits Basic Construction Instructions |
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01 - Kit introduction and parts |
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02 - Wheel sub assembly |
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03 - Wheel attachment |
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04 - Attaching 2 motors |
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05 - Wiring the motors |
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06 - Troubleshooting |
| Universal Gravity |
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Explains what an inverse square law is and how to use it |
| Vector Addition by Components |
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Adding vectors by components Part 1 of 3 |
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Adding vectors by components Part 2 of 3 |
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Adding vectors by components Part 3 of 3 |
