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GeoGebra Apps for A-Level Mechanics including FM
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1. Drawing motion graphs:
- The displacement of a moving particle.
- Drawing a displacement-time graph of a moving particle.
- Negative displacement of a displacement-time graph
- Motion of a ball thrown upwards.
- Velocity-time graphs acceleration and displacement.
- Displacement, velocity, acceleration time graphs
- Displacement vs distance on a velocity-time graph
- Speed from a velocity-time graph
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2. Motion in a straight line with constant acceleration:
- Motion of a particle in a straight line part b
- Constant versus variable acceleration.
- Kinematics of a particle moving in a straight line with a constant acceleration.
- Kinematics: A drone moving in straight line.
- A particle catching up another particle
- Finding when one particle overtakes another particle on a straight line
- Finding uniform acceleration and initial velocity using simultaneous equations.
- Finding uniform acceleration and initial velocity using simultaneous equations.
- Finding uniform acceleration and initial velocity of a particle passing posts
- A particle moving in a straight line with constant acceleration
- Particles accelerating towards each other until collision
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3. Vertical motion in a straight line under gravity:
- Throwing two balls vertically at the same instant.
- Distance travelled by a ball thrown vertically upwards.
- Throwing two balls one second apart.
- Throwing two particles one from ground level the other from a tower.
- Finding the distance between two floors by dropping a ball
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4. Forces and Newton's laws of motion:
- Forces on a falling ladder from a brick wall.
- The forces on a ball in the air.
- Finding the tension in the couplings of a toy train
- Forces on a man and a lift moving upwards and downwards.
- Forces on a man and lift with reaction graph
- Forces on a man and lift with velocity-time graph
- Connected objects in a pulley system
- A pulley problem with a velocity-time graph
- Resolving a two pulley system.
- A block on a rough table connected to another block by a smooth light pulley
- Connected objects with vertical motion under gravity
- Distance of a block that comes to rest from top of a slope
- A box moving along a horizontal smooth and rough plane
- A box moving along a smooth and rough inclined plane
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5. Variable acceleration:
- Variable acceleration introduction.
- Motion of a particle in a straight line part b
- Displacement, distance, velocity and acceleration.
- Using differentiation to describe the motion of a particle
- The distance of a particle P from the origin O.
- Determining whether a particle changes direction using velocity
- Kinematics introduction.
- A moving particle on a straight line.
- A moving particle P
- Kinematics variable acceleration with a piecewise function
- Determining the direction of two particles moving along a straight line
- Speeding up or down from a velocity-time graph
- Determining whether speed is decreasing or increasing from a velocity-time graph.
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6. Projectile motion:
- The general equations of a projectile.
- A model for a projectile launched from a building.
- Finding the angle of projection given the range.
- Hitting a boat on water using projectile motion
- The bounding parabola for projectile motion.
- Projecting a particle P on a uniform slope
- Projecting a particle P downwards on a uniform slope.
- Projecting a particle P downwards on a uniform slope.
- Determining whether a projectile hits a wall given u and y_max
- The path of a cricket ball
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7. Motion in two or three dimensions:
- Motion in two dimensions using vectors
- Motion in two dimensions using vectors
- Motion in three dimensions.
- Modelling the path of a hockey ball.
- The movement of a particle with an acceleration in the i direction
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8. Force and motion:
- Resolving forces on a block inclined when in equilibrium
- The forces block suspended from P and Q and angle is 90 degrees
- A block suspended by a light string showing components.
- Finding the resultant of a system of forces.
- Resolving forces on a block moving up a slope.
- Particle on a rough slope leading to projectile motion.
- Which way to draw the frictional force for a block to be in equilibrium.
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9. Work, energy and power:
- Work done against gravity.
- The total work done in moving a block horizontally
- Work done against gravity and friction.
- Finding velocity using the Principle of Conservation of Energy
- Finding height using the Principle of Conservation of Energy.
- The conversation of the energy of a particle moving down a slope
- Conservation of energy for a swing
- Energy gained by a block being winched up a rough slope.
- Finding the power of a car acending a hill with a constant velocity.
- The power needed by a pump raising and ejecting water.
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10. Moments of forces:
- Introduction to moments of forces.
- Moments of a wooden plank supported in two places.
- The moment of a couple.
- 1st and 2nd class levers.
- Finding the force to keep an inclined uniform lamina in equilibrium.
- Resolving a ladder problem
- The forces of a rectangular lamina in equilibrium
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11. Impulse and momentum:
- The principle of the conservation of momentum
- Conservation of momentum when two objects combine
- The conservation of momentum when objects are connected
- The collision of three particles
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12. A model for friction:
- A model for friction.
- A block on a rough slope inclined at an angle theta to the horizontal.
- A pulley system on a rough table.
- Conditions for a block to slip downwards on a rough plane.
- A block on a rough slope using Newton 2nd law.
- Connected objects on a rough slope with friction
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13. Centre of mass 1:
- The centre of gravity of a coordinate system.
- The centre of gravity of a rectangular lamina.
- Finding the centre of mass of a uniform 2D body.
- Finding the centre of mass metal disc with a hole.
- The centre of mass of a uniform triangular lamina.
- Sliding and toppling of a uniformed block
- Sliding and or toppling of a uniform block with dimensions
- Centre of mass: The leaning tower of Lire
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14. Circular motion:
- Circular motion - angular speed
- The acceleration of a body moving with uniform motion on a circular path.
- A car and police car moving with the same angular speed.
- A model for a conical pendulum
- A car on a circular banked track
- Motion in a vertical circle.
- The reaction force R of a bead threaded on a smooth vertical circular wire.
- The motion of a particle from rest on the top of a smooth sphere.
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15. Hooke's Law:
- Finding the extension of a particle P using Hooke's law
- Finding the extension of a light elastic spring by a mass on a slope.
- The compression of a spring after a collision.
- Using Hooke's law with more than one elastic string
- Work and energy using Hooke's law for vertical motion
- The mechanics of a catapult using Hooke's law
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16. Differential equations:
- The limiting value of a differential equation 01.
- The limiting value of a differential equation 02.
- Solving a differential equation for an electrical circuit.
- Second order differential equations damped oscillations
- Non-homogeneous 2nd order differential equations
- Modelling a bungee jump with a 2nd order differential equation.
- The steady state response of a damped second-order system
- Solving a 2nd-order differential equation using Laplace transformations
- The differential equation of a damped system
- Damped vibrations with graphs
- Differential equation solution of a mass being projected upwards
- Solution of a 1st order differential equation with slope field.
- Graphical solution of a 2nd-order differential equation
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17. Simple harmonic motion:
- Simple harmonic motion introduction.
- Modelling UK tides using simple harmonic motion
- Simple harmonic motion of a mass fixed by two elastic strings
- A suspended vertical spring in simple harmonic motion.
- Simple harmonic motion of a mass on a vertical elastic string fixed to two points
- Simple harmonic motion as a function of time
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18. Centre of mass 2:
- The centre of gravity of combined hemisphere and cone.
- Volume of revolution introduction.
- Finding the centre of mass for a uniform 3D mass.
- Finding the centre of mass of a solid hemisphere of radius r
- Finding the centre of mass of a solid cone radius r, height h.
- Finding the centre of mass of a hollow bowl.
- Finding the centre of mass of a lamina plane introduction.
- The centre of mass of a lamina bounded by a quadratic, x = a and x = b
- The centre of mass of a lamina between two curves.
- Centre of gravity of a solid of revolution
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19. Oblique impacts:
- The ideal squash serve
- Oblique impacts
- The oblique impact of two balls.
- Oblique impact of smooth elastic spheres using motion along the line of centres.
- Oblique impact of two smooth balls with movable point of contact.
- Modelling oblique collisions using a matrix.
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GeoGebra Apps for A-Level Mechanics including FM
Mark Willis, Aug 23, 2020

Table of Contents
- Drawing motion graphs:
- The displacement of a moving particle.
- Drawing a displacement-time graph of a moving particle.
- Negative displacement of a displacement-time graph
- Motion of a ball thrown upwards.
- Velocity-time graphs acceleration and displacement.
- Displacement, velocity, acceleration time graphs
- Displacement vs distance on a velocity-time graph
- Speed from a velocity-time graph
- Motion in a straight line with constant acceleration:
- Motion of a particle in a straight line part b
- Constant versus variable acceleration.
- Kinematics of a particle moving in a straight line with a constant acceleration.
- Kinematics: A drone moving in straight line.
- A particle catching up another particle
- Finding when one particle overtakes another particle on a straight line
- Finding uniform acceleration and initial velocity using simultaneous equations.
- Finding uniform acceleration and initial velocity using simultaneous equations.
- Finding uniform acceleration and initial velocity of a particle passing posts
- A particle moving in a straight line with constant acceleration
- Particles accelerating towards each other until collision
- Vertical motion in a straight line under gravity:
- Throwing two balls vertically at the same instant.
- Distance travelled by a ball thrown vertically upwards.
- Throwing two balls one second apart.
- Throwing two particles one from ground level the other from a tower.
- Finding the distance between two floors by dropping a ball
- Forces and Newton's laws of motion:
- Forces on a falling ladder from a brick wall.
- The forces on a ball in the air.
- Finding the tension in the couplings of a toy train
- Forces on a man and a lift moving upwards and downwards.
- Forces on a man and lift with reaction graph
- Forces on a man and lift with velocity-time graph
- Connected objects in a pulley system
- A pulley problem with a velocity-time graph
- Resolving a two pulley system.
- A block on a rough table connected to another block by a smooth light pulley
- Connected objects with vertical motion under gravity
- Distance of a block that comes to rest from top of a slope
- A box moving along a horizontal smooth and rough plane
- A box moving along a smooth and rough inclined plane
- Variable acceleration:
- Variable acceleration introduction.
- Motion of a particle in a straight line part b
- Displacement, distance, velocity and acceleration.
- Using differentiation to describe the motion of a particle
- The distance of a particle P from the origin O.
- Determining whether a particle changes direction using velocity
- Kinematics introduction.
- A moving particle on a straight line.
- A moving particle P
- Kinematics variable acceleration with a piecewise function
- Determining the direction of two particles moving along a straight line
- Speeding up or down from a velocity-time graph
- Determining whether speed is decreasing or increasing from a velocity-time graph.
- Projectile motion:
- The general equations of a projectile.
- A model for a projectile launched from a building.
- Finding the angle of projection given the range.
- Hitting a boat on water using projectile motion
- The bounding parabola for projectile motion.
- Projecting a particle P on a uniform slope
- Projecting a particle P downwards on a uniform slope.
- Projecting a particle P downwards on a uniform slope.
- Determining whether a projectile hits a wall given u and y_max
- The path of a cricket ball
- Motion in two or three dimensions:
- Motion in two dimensions using vectors
- Motion in two dimensions using vectors
- Motion in three dimensions.
- Modelling the path of a hockey ball.
- The movement of a particle with an acceleration in the i direction
- Force and motion:
- Resolving forces on a block inclined when in equilibrium
- The forces block suspended from P and Q and angle is 90 degrees
- A block suspended by a light string showing components.
- Finding the resultant of a system of forces.
- Resolving forces on a block moving up a slope.
- Particle on a rough slope leading to projectile motion.
- Which way to draw the frictional force for a block to be in equilibrium.
- Work, energy and power:
- Work done against gravity.
- The total work done in moving a block horizontally
- Work done against gravity and friction.
- Finding velocity using the Principle of Conservation of Energy
- Finding height using the Principle of Conservation of Energy.
- The conversation of the energy of a particle moving down a slope
- Conservation of energy for a swing
- Energy gained by a block being winched up a rough slope.
- Finding the power of a car acending a hill with a constant velocity.
- The power needed by a pump raising and ejecting water.
- Moments of forces:
- Introduction to moments of forces.
- Moments of a wooden plank supported in two places.
- The moment of a couple.
- 1st and 2nd class levers.
- Finding the force to keep an inclined uniform lamina in equilibrium.
- Resolving a ladder problem
- The forces of a rectangular lamina in equilibrium
- Impulse and momentum:
- The principle of the conservation of momentum
- Conservation of momentum when two objects combine
- The conservation of momentum when objects are connected
- The collision of three particles
- A model for friction:
- A model for friction.
- A block on a rough slope inclined at an angle theta to the horizontal.
- A pulley system on a rough table.
- Conditions for a block to slip downwards on a rough plane.
- A block on a rough slope using Newton 2nd law.
- Connected objects on a rough slope with friction
- Centre of mass 1:
- The centre of gravity of a coordinate system.
- The centre of gravity of a rectangular lamina.
- Finding the centre of mass of a uniform 2D body.
- Finding the centre of mass metal disc with a hole.
- The centre of mass of a uniform triangular lamina.
- Sliding and toppling of a uniformed block
- Sliding and or toppling of a uniform block with dimensions
- Centre of mass: The leaning tower of Lire
- Circular motion:
- Circular motion - angular speed
- The acceleration of a body moving with uniform motion on a circular path.
- A car and police car moving with the same angular speed.
- A model for a conical pendulum
- A car on a circular banked track
- Motion in a vertical circle.
- The reaction force R of a bead threaded on a smooth vertical circular wire.
- The motion of a particle from rest on the top of a smooth sphere.
- Hooke's Law:
- Finding the extension of a particle P using Hooke's law
- Finding the extension of a light elastic spring by a mass on a slope.
- The compression of a spring after a collision.
- Using Hooke's law with more than one elastic string
- Work and energy using Hooke's law for vertical motion
- The mechanics of a catapult using Hooke's law
- Differential equations:
- The limiting value of a differential equation 01.
- The limiting value of a differential equation 02.
- Solving a differential equation for an electrical circuit.
- Second order differential equations damped oscillations
- Non-homogeneous 2nd order differential equations
- Modelling a bungee jump with a 2nd order differential equation.
- The steady state response of a damped second-order system
- Solving a 2nd-order differential equation using Laplace transformations
- The differential equation of a damped system
- Damped vibrations with graphs
- Differential equation solution of a mass being projected upwards
- Solution of a 1st order differential equation with slope field.
- Graphical solution of a 2nd-order differential equation
- Simple harmonic motion:
- Simple harmonic motion introduction.
- Modelling UK tides using simple harmonic motion
- Simple harmonic motion of a mass fixed by two elastic strings
- A suspended vertical spring in simple harmonic motion.
- Simple harmonic motion of a mass on a vertical elastic string fixed to two points
- Simple harmonic motion as a function of time
- Centre of mass 2:
- The centre of gravity of combined hemisphere and cone.
- Volume of revolution introduction.
- Finding the centre of mass for a uniform 3D mass.
- Finding the centre of mass of a solid hemisphere of radius r
- Finding the centre of mass of a solid cone radius r, height h.
- Finding the centre of mass of a hollow bowl.
- Finding the centre of mass of a lamina plane introduction.
- The centre of mass of a lamina bounded by a quadratic, x = a and x = b
- The centre of mass of a lamina between two curves.
- Centre of gravity of a solid of revolution
- Oblique impacts:
- The ideal squash serve
- Oblique impacts
- The oblique impact of two balls.
- Oblique impact of smooth elastic spheres using motion along the line of centres.
- Oblique impact of two smooth balls with movable point of contact.
- Modelling oblique collisions using a matrix.
Drawing motion graphs:
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1. The displacement of a moving particle.
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2. Drawing a displacement-time graph of a moving particle.
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3. Negative displacement of a displacement-time graph
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4. Motion of a ball thrown upwards.
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5. Velocity-time graphs acceleration and displacement.
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6. Displacement, velocity, acceleration time graphs
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7. Displacement vs distance on a velocity-time graph
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8. Speed from a velocity-time graph
Motion in a straight line with constant acceleration:
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1. Motion of a particle in a straight line part b
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2. Constant versus variable acceleration.
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3. Kinematics of a particle moving in a straight line with a constant acceleration.
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4. Kinematics: A drone moving in straight line.
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5. A particle catching up another particle
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6. Finding when one particle overtakes another particle on a straight line
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7. Finding uniform acceleration and initial velocity using simultaneous equations.
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8. Finding uniform acceleration and initial velocity using simultaneous equations.
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9. Finding uniform acceleration and initial velocity of a particle passing posts
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10. A particle moving in a straight line with constant acceleration
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11. Particles accelerating towards each other until collision
Vertical motion in a straight line under gravity:
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1. Throwing two balls vertically at the same instant.
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2. Distance travelled by a ball thrown vertically upwards.
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3. Throwing two balls one second apart.
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4. Throwing two particles one from ground level the other from a tower.
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5. Finding the distance between two floors by dropping a ball
Forces and Newton's laws of motion:
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1. Forces on a falling ladder from a brick wall.
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2. The forces on a ball in the air.
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3. Finding the tension in the couplings of a toy train
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4. Forces on a man and a lift moving upwards and downwards.
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5. Forces on a man and lift with reaction graph
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6. Forces on a man and lift with velocity-time graph
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7. Connected objects in a pulley system
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8. A pulley problem with a velocity-time graph
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9. Resolving a two pulley system.
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10. A block on a rough table connected to another block by a smooth light pulley
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11. Connected objects with vertical motion under gravity
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12. Distance of a block that comes to rest from top of a slope
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13. A box moving along a horizontal smooth and rough plane
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14. A box moving along a smooth and rough inclined plane
Variable acceleration:
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1. Variable acceleration introduction.
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2. Motion of a particle in a straight line part b
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3. Displacement, distance, velocity and acceleration.
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4. Using differentiation to describe the motion of a particle
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5. The distance of a particle P from the origin O.
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6. Determining whether a particle changes direction using velocity
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7. Kinematics introduction.
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8. A moving particle on a straight line.
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9. A moving particle P
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10. Kinematics variable acceleration with a piecewise function
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11. Determining the direction of two particles moving along a straight line
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12. Speeding up or down from a velocity-time graph
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13. Determining whether speed is decreasing or increasing from a velocity-time graph.
Projectile motion:
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1. The general equations of a projectile.
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2. A model for a projectile launched from a building.
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3. Finding the angle of projection given the range.
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4. Hitting a boat on water using projectile motion
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5. The bounding parabola for projectile motion.
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6. Projecting a particle P on a uniform slope
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7. Projecting a particle P downwards on a uniform slope.
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8. Projecting a particle P downwards on a uniform slope.
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9. Determining whether a projectile hits a wall given u and y_max
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10. The path of a cricket ball
Force and motion:
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1. Resolving forces on a block inclined when in equilibrium
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2. The forces block suspended from P and Q and angle is 90 degrees
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3. A block suspended by a light string showing components.
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4. Finding the resultant of a system of forces.
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5. Resolving forces on a block moving up a slope.
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6. Particle on a rough slope leading to projectile motion.
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7. Which way to draw the frictional force for a block to be in equilibrium.
Work, energy and power:
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1. Work done against gravity.
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2. The total work done in moving a block horizontally
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3. Work done against gravity and friction.
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4. Finding velocity using the Principle of Conservation of Energy
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5. Finding height using the Principle of Conservation of Energy.
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6. The conversation of the energy of a particle moving down a slope
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7. Conservation of energy for a swing
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8. Energy gained by a block being winched up a rough slope.
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9. Finding the power of a car acending a hill with a constant velocity.
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10. The power needed by a pump raising and ejecting water.
Moments of forces:
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1. Introduction to moments of forces.
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2. Moments of a wooden plank supported in two places.
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3. The moment of a couple.
-
4. 1st and 2nd class levers.
-
5. Finding the force to keep an inclined uniform lamina in equilibrium.
-
6. Resolving a ladder problem
-
7. The forces of a rectangular lamina in equilibrium
A model for friction:
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1. A model for friction.
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2. A block on a rough slope inclined at an angle theta to the horizontal.
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3. A pulley system on a rough table.
-
4. Conditions for a block to slip downwards on a rough plane.
-
5. A block on a rough slope using Newton 2nd law.
-
6. Connected objects on a rough slope with friction
Centre of mass 1:
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1. The centre of gravity of a coordinate system.
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2. The centre of gravity of a rectangular lamina.
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3. Finding the centre of mass of a uniform 2D body.
-
4. Finding the centre of mass metal disc with a hole.
-
5. The centre of mass of a uniform triangular lamina.
-
6. Sliding and toppling of a uniformed block
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7. Sliding and or toppling of a uniform block with dimensions
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8. Centre of mass: The leaning tower of Lire
Circular motion:
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1. Circular motion - angular speed
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2. The acceleration of a body moving with uniform motion on a circular path.
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3. A car and police car moving with the same angular speed.
-
4. A model for a conical pendulum
-
5. A car on a circular banked track
-
6. Motion in a vertical circle.
-
7. The reaction force R of a bead threaded on a smooth vertical circular wire.
-
8. The motion of a particle from rest on the top of a smooth sphere.
Hooke's Law:
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1. Finding the extension of a particle P using Hooke's law
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2. Finding the extension of a light elastic spring by a mass on a slope.
-
3. The compression of a spring after a collision.
-
4. Using Hooke's law with more than one elastic string
-
5. Work and energy using Hooke's law for vertical motion
-
6. The mechanics of a catapult using Hooke's law
Differential equations:
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1. The limiting value of a differential equation 01.
-
2. The limiting value of a differential equation 02.
-
3. Solving a differential equation for an electrical circuit.
-
4. Second order differential equations damped oscillations
-
5. Non-homogeneous 2nd order differential equations
-
6. Modelling a bungee jump with a 2nd order differential equation.
-
7. The steady state response of a damped second-order system
-
8. Solving a 2nd-order differential equation using Laplace transformations
-
9. The differential equation of a damped system
-
10. Damped vibrations with graphs
-
11. Differential equation solution of a mass being projected upwards
-
12. Solution of a 1st order differential equation with slope field.
-
13. Graphical solution of a 2nd-order differential equation
Simple harmonic motion:
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1. Simple harmonic motion introduction.
-
2. Modelling UK tides using simple harmonic motion
-
3. Simple harmonic motion of a mass fixed by two elastic strings
-
4. A suspended vertical spring in simple harmonic motion.
-
5. Simple harmonic motion of a mass on a vertical elastic string fixed to two points
-
6. Simple harmonic motion as a function of time
Centre of mass 2:
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1. The centre of gravity of combined hemisphere and cone.
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2. Volume of revolution introduction.
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3. Finding the centre of mass for a uniform 3D mass.
-
4. Finding the centre of mass of a solid hemisphere of radius r
-
5. Finding the centre of mass of a solid cone radius r, height h.
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6. Finding the centre of mass of a hollow bowl.
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7. Finding the centre of mass of a lamina plane introduction.
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8. The centre of mass of a lamina bounded by a quadratic, x = a and x = b
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9. The centre of mass of a lamina between two curves.
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10. Centre of gravity of a solid of revolution
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