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Celestial SphereThis animation is a simple model of the apparent motion of the stars in the night sky. Ancient people described the motions as if the stars were all attached to a vast globe, or a Celestial Sphere, centered about the Earth.
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9-12 |
Video |
Centripetal ForceIn this animation a ball bounces off the sides of the circle, and the number of sides double, until the circle appears to exert force on a ball that is constant in size and always directed towards the center.
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9-12 |
Video |
Conical PendulumA pendulum that swings in a horizontal circle and sweeps out the shape of a cone with its mass and string is known as a “conical pendulum.” In this animation we see the pendulum sweep from several angles with a superimposed equation toward the end. |
9-12 |
Video |
KinematicsThis overhead view of an animated car illustrates its velocity and acceleration as it starts up, moves in a straight line, and turns. |
9-12 |
Video |
Longitudinal WavesIn this silent animation a hand compresses a slinky to start a compression or longitudinal wave, a type of wave where the disturbance lines up with the direction the wave travels. |
9-12 |
Video |
SeasonsThis video animation illustrates how the combination of the tilt of earth's spin axis and the orbit of the earth about the sun creates the geometry responsible for earth’s seasons. There is no sound. |
5-12 |
Video |
Shadows, Lunar Phases and EclipsesThis animation shows the rotation of Earth, the orbit of the Moon about Earth, and the orbit of the Earth-Moon about the Sun. The appearance of both the Sun and the Moon can be affected by the shadows cast by the Earth and the Moon in the sunlight.
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9-12 |
Video |
Transverse WavesIn this silent animation a hand moves a slinky up and down to illustrate a transverse wave, a type of wave where the disturbance is at right angles to the direction the wave travels. |
9-12 |
Video |
