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- Subject: Physics
- AS: AS90521
- Level: 3
- Credits: 6
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Physics 3.4 Demonstrate understanding of mechanical systems
Sites for revision
S-Cool! Physics AS & A2 level
A website that provides information on many physics topics. This web page leads you to information, examples, and calculations related to mechanics. Suitable for NCEA level 3.
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/alevel/physics.html
Java applets on physics
This website provides interactive java applets on topics of physics – mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, theory of relativity, physics of atoms, nuclear physics. Suitable for NCEA.
http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/index.html
HyperPhysics
This website has information about many topics in physics, chemistry, geophysics, and biology. You can select the subject area to find a topic or select from an index. Suitable for NCEA levels 2 and 3.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
Fear of physics
This website tackles some of the key principles of physics and provides illustrations and explanations to show how they work and what they mean. Topics include speed and acceleration, collisions, roller coasters, a basketball shot, why things fall, why satellites don't fall, things that spin, swinging pendulums, and more. Suitable for NCEA levels 1 and 2.
http://www.fearofphysics.com
Circular motion
This website contains an interactive animation demonstrating the principles of circular motion.
Suitable for NCEA level 3.
http://www.vjc.moe.edu.sg/fasttrack/physics/CirMotion.dcr
Vector addition
This website has interactive simulations on many topics related to physics. These simulations assist with the learning of vectors. Suitable for NCEA levels 2 and 3.
http://phet.colorado.edu/new/simulations/sims.php?sim=Vector_Addition
