9th Grade Physics by Jarrod Gorman

Tennis Ball Cannon

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:36:31 UTC

Projectile motion interactive from PBS Media. Includes a 2-d launcher with multiple components that can be varied.

Projectile Data Lab

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:36:59 UTC

A directed investigation of projectile motion from Phet that includes components that can be varied.

Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:37:29 UTC

A video from PBS Media that serves as an introduction to Kepler’s Laws using Earth-bound satellites.

Arrow vs Concrete

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:38:08 UTC

Video from NGSS that can introduce momentum, impulse, and elastic collision through a rebounding arrow.

Rocket Sled

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:38:40 UTC

Visualization with interactive controls from PBS Media with a rocket sled that illustrates Newton’s Second Law and Free body diagrams.

How can air make a race car faster

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:39:13 UTC

Full lesson plan from NSTA (reading, video, and activity) to facilitate discussion on how friction can be helpful.

Prince Rupert's Drop

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:39:45 UTC

Video from NGSS that illustrates a Prince Rupert’s Drop being shattered through a minor nick on the tail.

Melting and Boiling simulation

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:40:15 UTC

Interactive simulation from PBS Media that shows melting and boiling at a molecular level through particle motion.

Atomic Interactions

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:40:41 UTC

A Phet interactive to simulate fission and fusion (new and important MA state standard).

Magnet and Copper

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:41:10 UTC

Video from NGSS showing a magnet’s altered descent when dropped through a copper coil.

Charges and Fields

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:41:46 UTC

A Phet simulation that shows charged particles and charging fields through an interactive.

Communication

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:42:13 UTC

A video from NASA that discusses how electromagnetic waves are used to transmit information (new and important MA state standard).

Doppler Effect

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:42:46 UTC

Image from NGSS that shows waves from a moving object, illustrating the Doppler Effect.

Sounds Waves

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:43:27 UTC

A Phet simulation that creates a visualization of sound waves and their interactions.

How does temperature affect the speed of sound

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:44:07 UTC

A reading from Wonderopolis that discusses how the speed of sound in air is dependent on ambient temperature.

Looking Through Water

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:44:40 UTC

A video from NGSS showing the inversion of an image through a glass of water.

Exoplanet Watch

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:45:09 UTC

Reading, videos, and links from NASA showing how starlight can be examined in order to identify exoplanets.

Why can't we see ultraviolet light?

gormanphysics — 2024-07-21 00:45:38 UTC

A reading from Wonderopolis on how the human eye processes light and why we cannot see ultraviolet light.