Unit B: Changes in Motion

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.

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.

Is it magic? No - it’s physics! Use circular motion to overcome the force of gravity and amaze your family!

Why do a baseball and a rocket need the same launch speed to get from Earth into space? It has to do with physics and gravitational force.

The game of billiards shows the principles of collisions, momentum & impulse, and kinetics at work!

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