Unit B: Dynamics

Learn about how STEM powers the Winter Olympics.

Learn about what gets planes up in the air, what keeps them up there, and what brings them down again.

Learn about the four forces of flight.

A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.

This is the second part of a two-part activity on recycling yarn.

Resource page including articles and career profiles related to physics and aerospace.

Bernoulli’s equation is key to understanding why curveballs curve.

Do you weigh the same on Jupiter as you do on Earth? Learn to calculate your weight on a different planet.

NASA engineers apply kinematics and dynamics to test parachutes designed specifically to help space probes land safely using aerodynamics.

You don’t have to pedal harder to go faster. You just have to understand a little bit about dynamics, gravitational force and friction!

Arm wrestling isn’t just a test of strength. It’s also a test of how well you understand torque.

This backgrounder helps explain the laws of Orbital Mechanics, including Newton’s Laws.