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Frames of Reference: The Basics 
  
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This is a lesson plan for teaching frames of reference. It is linked to text material on reference frames, aberration of light, and a very short introduction to the foundations of…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Lframes1.htm
NTNU Java: Relative Motion (frame of reference) 
  
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This applet presents a graphical, interactive picture of relative motion. It illustrates how an object may appear to have different motions to different observers, depending on how…
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=140.0
Paradigms in Physics: Velocity and Acceleration in Polar Coordinates 
  
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This small group activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students work out expressions for velocity and acceleration in polar coordinates. Students work in small…
http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/activities_guides_cf...
Paradigms in Physics: Coriolis and Centrifugal Accelerations 
  
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This small group activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students determine which way the Coriolis and centrifugal accelerations point. Students use their small…
http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/physics/portfolioswiki/swbq_cmsw_rf...
Paradigms in Physics: Earth Hockey I 
  
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This computer visualization activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students visualize the motion of a hockey puck located on the surface of the earth. Students…
http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/physics/portfolioswiki/doku28dc.htm...
Paradigms in Physics: Earth Hockey II 
  
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This computer visualization activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students model straight lines on a rotating Earth. Students use Maple to draw straight lines,…
http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/physics/portfolioswiki/doku512b.htm...
Paradigms in Physics: Rocket from the North Pole 
  
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This kinesthetic activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students visualize “straight” lines on a rotating object. Students work in pairs and attempt to draw…
http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/dokua963.html?id=act...
Where to Where 
  
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This applet illustrates the motion of an object in different reference frames. A block moves with a constant velocity on a second object that is also moving. The displacement vectors…
http://www.rwi-natuurkunde.nl/applets/Surendranath/Applets/Kinematics/Re...
Einstein Light: Inertial frames and Newtonian mechanics 
  
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This web page describes inertial and non-inertial frames of reference, the latter being frames where Newton's laws do not hold. The text explains "fictitious forces", the centrifugal…
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm
Connecting Meaning and Mathematics 
  
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This page contains step-by-step tutorials and guided inquiry activities that are designed to help students discover physical properties and concepts by developing understanding from…
http://web.archive.org/web/20170828121426/http://pubpages.unh.edu/~dawnm...
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