Physics 210 : Fall 2026

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Conversion of Units
Conversion of units
Conversion of Powers of Units
Vectors
VRML: Rotate a triangle for trig
Vector Addition
Vector Subtraction
Resolution of a vector into its components
Multiplication of a vector by a scalar
Vector dot product
Animation: projection of a vector onto a coordinate system

Additional vector notesspreadsheet
1-D Motion
Average Velocity
Constant Acceleration 1
Constant Acceleration 2
spreadsheet for 1-D motion
1d uniform acceleration
2 balls in a reduced gravitational field
Galileo's Demonstration (01, 02)
Newton's Cannon
Everything Falls with the same acceleration
2-D Motion
2-D motion spreadsheet
Antarctic Rescue Drop
45 Degrees gives the maximum range
2-D translational motion along perpendicular coordinates
Ball and cart in a (reduced) gravitational field
Monkey Shoot
Station Train Vendor Ant
At the Intergalactic Dairy Bar
Newton's Laws
Free Body Diagram construction & use
Atwood's Machine
Mass on a plane, mass hanging over the side
Spooky inclined plane
Atwood's Machine gif animation
Inclined Plane #2: and the analysis
Energy Conservation
Energy conservation analysis for a simple system
Animation: A simple system conserving energy
Uniform Circular Motion
Spinning Ball
Animated Gif showing derivation of centripetal acceleration
notes regarding uniform circular motion [Calculus Only]
Cylinders01
Momentum
Notes regarding conservation of translational momentum

animation: successive collisions between smaller masses
Glancing Collision between two objects of equal mass
Completely Inelastic Collisions (01, 02)
Completely Elastic Collisions (01, 02)
Non Uniform Circular Motion and Torque
VRML: Right Handed Coordinate System
Right Hand Rule #1:VRML3 VRML 2
Right Hand Rule #2 for Torque:VRML
Direction of Torque:Positive :VRML :Negative :VRML
Moments of Inertia (external from Science World)
Common Moments of Inertia
Non-uniform circular motion
SHO for a cylinder
Almost Stable
Rotational Kinetic Energy Derivation
Roll Without Slip
Right Hand Rule #2
Precession of a Bicycle Wheel
Precession of a Bicycle Wheel 03 Spooky version: VRML
Simple Harmonic Oscillation
Vibrating Mass animation
Cosine as a projection
Simple Harmonic Oscillation:a short chain
Physical Pendulum: VRML
SHO for a ring on a peg
SHO plotter spreadsheet
SHO energy considerations and phase
Bobbing Float
SHO for a cylinder
SHO for a simple pendulum: VRML
Multiple (out of phase, 100% coherent): VRML
Multiple (out of phase, partially coherent): VRML
Waves and Pulses
Gaussian traveling pulses
Transverse Pulse on a Slinky : VRML
Longitudinal Pulse on a Slinky: VRML
Collision between two transverse pulses on a slinky :VRML
Collision between two longitudinal pulses on a slinky
Harmonic Traveling Wave on an Infinite String: VRML
Spooky Harmonic Traveling Waves on a String
Spooky Harmonic Traveling Waves on a String 02
spreadsheet showing the calculations and plots for traveling pulses
An animation showing the formation of standing waves
spreadsheet showing calculations for standing wave animation
Encore animation of formation of standing waves
Formation of second mode with fixed Boundary Conditions
Colliding Gaussians showing simulation of free boundary conditions
Spreading Gaussian Pulse on a Rope
Free Boundary Conditions 01 and 04
Fixed Boundary Condition 01
Pulse as seen by co moving observer
Piston Pushing Air [WRF L10 ] :
Beat Formation (01,02) Spreadsheets for Beats (01,02)
What a Beat sounds like
Doppler Shift for a car and The Chromatics
Fourier Synthesis for Sound Java Applet (External)
What does a sonic boom look like?
Thrust SSC : CNN report :[ Not Linked:movie: sonic boom ]
Thermodynamics
Joule's Experiment
Carnot Cycle Animation
Spreadsheet for Carnot Cycle
Spreadsheets: Isovolumeric Isothermal
Gas Molecules In A Cylinder 01
Gas Molecules In A Cylinder 02
Gas Molecules In A Cylinder 01:Running backwards: Kaon Particles
Diatomic Molecules in a Cylinder and Denser:VRML
Worksheet Number Date
Class Initialization
[WRF L00]
W August 19
O01 : WS01 F August 21
O02 : WS02 M August 24
[WRF L01] : O03 : WS03 W August 26
WS04 : UQ01 F August 28
WS05a M August 31
[WRF L02] :WS05 W September 02
WS06 : UQ02 F September 04
Labor Day M September 07
[WRF L03] : WS07 W September 09
Untest #1 F September 11
Test 1 M September 14
[WRF L04] : WS08 W September 16
WS09 : UQ03 F September 18
WS10 M September 21
[WRF L05] : WS11 W September 23
WS12 : UQ04 F September 25
Simulation for WS12 
momentum spreadsheet
videos: for WS12
Kurt1: Kurt2
Astro01 : Collision
WS13 M September 28
[WRF L06] : WS14 W September 30
Animation: Centripetal Force
Simulation: Spinning Ball
WS14 Problem 4 Coins

WS15 : UQ05 F October 02
[W TBA]:Untest #2 M October 05
Test 2
W October 07
Hurkle-Durkle Day 1
R October 08
Hurkle-Durkle Day 2
F October 09
WS16: Simulation M October 12
[WRF L07] : WS17

Videos
Almost Stable
Roll without slip 01
Negative direction of torque
Positive direction of torque
Inclined plane with Inertia 01
Inclined Plane with Inertia 02
Right Hand Rule 1 - 3
Right Hand Rule 2 - 1
Right Hand Rule 201
Precession of wheel
Precession of wheel 03

Simulations
Conservation of Angular Momentum
W October 14
WS18 : UQ06 F October 16
WS19
M October 19
[RF LTBA] : Service Day W October 21
WS20 : UQ07  F October 23
WS21
Movies
SHO as a projection
Bobbing Cork
Cylinder with SHO
Gaussian pulse on rope
Colliding Gaussians
SHO with cylinder
Ring on peg SHO
Inner tube on peg
Simple pendulum
Multiple simple penduli
Partially Coherent
Physical Pendulum 01
Physical Pendulum 02
Simple machine 01
Pinwheel
Chain01
Chain 03
Long Chain 02
Long Chain
Chain 04
M October 26
[WRF L08] : WS22 W October 28
WS23 : UQ08
Movies
Harmonic Traveling wave 01
Wave 01 wrl
Spooky Harmonic Wave 01
Spooky Harmonic Wave 02
Standing Wave Lab Video
F October 30
WS24
Piston Pushing Air
M November 02
[WRF L09 ] : WS25
Thrust [ 1 : 2 : 3 ]
Chromatics [ Doppler ]
Online Tone Generator
W November 04
Untest #3 F November 06
Test 3 M November 09
[WRF L10 ] : WS27 W November 11
WS28 : UQ09 F November 13
WS29
M November 16
[WRF TBA] : WS30 W November 18
WS30 , WS26 : UQ10 F November 20
WS31 M November 23
Thanksgiving Break Wed - Sun November 25-29
Untest #4 M November 30
[WRF No Lab] : Test 4 W December 02
Course Review/Last Day of Class F December 04
Final Exams December 07 - 11