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Velocity & Force Project

The aim of this microworld is to introduce vectors in physics and to analyze the role of velocity and force (acceleration) vectors. It helps to understand how force is changing velocity vector and thus how force rules the body movement (second Newton's Law). The microworld could be named "Movement Laboratory". It contains 2 important examples: body movement in uniform gravitational field - near the Earth surface - enables to analyze different kinds of "shots" and body movement in central gravitational field, for example satellite or planetoid movement. The example of steering the body movement on a round track gives the possibility to understand the role of centripetal force.
The exercises are "open". There are possibilities of different kinds of activity, gathering the experience, answering questions: what will happen when we change...?
Authors: idea - Andrzej Walat, realization - Witold Kranas.

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This product was created within "Colabs" Socrates Minerva project using funds in accordance with agreement: 101301-CP-1-2002-1-HU-MINERVA-M