Vitale Physics

Use this worksheet to help students to understand how to add vectors that are in 2 dimensions. This includes breaking a vector into components and then adding it back together with another vector. There is a sample included and plenty of practice.

Merry Christmas! This resource includes four unique missions from Santa Claus himself! Each problem is related to finding net force, acceleration, coefficients of friction, and more. One of the problems includes an inclined plane. Also included is a solution guide for each mission.

This worksheet helps students break down vectors into components. It has some solved example problems and explanations in addition to some practice so it makes a great homework or independent practice activity.

This worksheet aims not only to help students practice measuring with significant figures, precision, and uncertainty, but it aims to teach students why we use significant figures, which inevitably is a much harder task. In the design of the worksheet, each box is actually the same. The hope is that as students complete the worksheet in order, they realize that their measurements are more precise with the better rulers and that their calculations of areas need to be more precise as well. The a

This lab was designed for AP Physics 2 students but can be used to learn about buoyancy for any physics class. Students determine buoyancy in two different ways (submerging the object in water, and calculating what the water displaced should be) and then find the percent difference between them. This document comes with the following sections: Theory, Material List, Safety Warnings, Procedure, and Questions for before, during, and after the lab. It also includes Tips, Pedagogical strategies, ext

This is an activity that can be used to introduce students to different types of force in a hands-on way. Instead of taking notes on forces all period, why not play with the forces instead? There are 6 stations that touch on various types of forces, and ideas for what materials and objects to use at each. The activity includes the following sections: Theory; Material List; Safety Warnings; Procedure; Questions for before, during, and after the activity; Tips, Pedagogical Strategies, and Extensio

This is a classic introductory physics lab for kinematics. Students use constant velocity buggies to determine their constant speed by graphing position and time. This lab is a handout for the students and includes the following sections: Goal; Materials; Procedure; Apparatus Diagram; Data; Calculations; and Standards.

This measurement lab helps students to understand a few key important measurement concepts: how to use measurement tools like meter sticks, calipers, etc.; how to factor significant figures and uncertainty into measurement; and how to plot two variables to determine their relationship. This document explains the lab as well as provides lesson plans.

This is a vector addition worksheet that I created that not only has problems for students to solve but also explains the process of vector addition in the beginning.