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The Inclined Planes Video Tutorial discusses the physics of objects moving along inclined planes. The identification of the forces, the drawing of a free-body diagram, the components of gravity, and the application of Newton's second law to the analysis are discussed in an organized and understandable manner.
The video lesson answers the following questions:
How do you determine the free-body diagram for an object on an inclined plane?
How do you mathematically analyze the forces for an object on an inclined plane?
Concept Builders: Free-Body Diagrams for Inclined Planes
Students love Concept Builders and this one is a perfect follow up to the video. Given a description of the motion of an object along an inclined plane, use the interactive tools to construct a free-body diagram.
Concept Builders: Solve It! - Inclined Planes
Here's another Concept Builder to put your analytical skills to the test. There are three levels of difficulty, each having two multi-part problems to solve. The problems bear a strong resemblance to Slides 9 and 10. Tap the Help Me! button to get some help specific to the problem.
Minds On Physics, Missions 2DF5 and 2DF6
Minds on Physics can provide a student a rigorous work-out on any topic. Give your brain some exercise and your conceptual understanind a test with a MOP mission. Each question comes with a thorough commentary of the Physics associated with that question. Give Missions 2D5 and 2DF6 a try as a perfect follow-up to this video.
Curriculum Corner, Forces in Two Dimensions
Our Curriculum Corner provides teachers with a collection of Think Sheets on numerous topics. They make perfect in-class reviews and post-video follow-ups. In particular, the following would be a great complement to this video: Inclined Plane Analysis
Concept Builders: Free-Body Diagrams for Inclined Planes
Students love Concept Builders and this one is a perfect follow up to the video. Students use interactive tools to construct a free-body diagram for objects moving along inclined planes. When combined with our Task Tracker system, student progress can be tracked for each of the difficulty levels.
Concept Builders: Solve It! - Inclined Planes
Here's another Concept Builder to put student's analytical skills to the test. There are three levels of difficulty, each having two multi-part problems to solve. The problems bear a strong resemblance to Slides 9 and 10. There's some question-specific help for each question.
Minds On Physics, Missions 2DF5 and 2DF64
Minds on Physics can provide a student a rigorous work-out on any topic. Each question comes with a thorough commentary of the Physics associated with that question. Missions 2D5 and 2DF6 pertain to inclined planes.
Tutorial Section, Motion and Vectors in Two Dimensions, Lesson 3
The go-to place at The Physics Classroom for a topic-specific and understandable discussion is the Tutorial section. Many teachers create links to its pages from within their CMS. The following page is a perfect complement to this video: Inclined Planes
Teacher Toolkit - Forces in Two Dimensions
The Forces in Two Dimensions Toolkit provides teachers with standards-based resources for designing lesson plans and units that pertain to situations that involve forces acting at angles to the traditional horizontal and vertical axes. Find annotated links to resources on our website and throughout the web.
Slides
Do you like the slides we used? They are available in our low cost Teacher Presentation Pack, along with other updated materials used in our presentation.