Spring Constant
Students explore the relationship between displacement and restoring force for an elastic spring.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/spring-constant
Motion and Forces 1 Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physics: Motion and Forceshttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/motion-and-forces-1-assessment
Tool - Vector
This tool can be used alone, or you can copy/paste it into another TNS document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tool--vector
Two-Dimensional Collisions
Students observe animations of two-dimensional elastic collisions of spheres and then calculate linear momenta and kinetic energies.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/twodimensional-collisions
Tool - Significant Figures Calculator
This tool can be used alone, or you can copy/paste it into another TNS document.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tool--significant-figures-calculator
Uniform Circular Motion
Students explore uniform circular motion and solve problems that deal with kinematics and dynamics of this motion.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/uniform-circular-motion
Up and Down: Vertical Oscillations
Students explore vertical oscillations produced by a mass attached to an elastic spring and collect data on the force of the spring as a function of time.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/up-and-down-vertical-oscillations
Bending Light
In this activity, students explore the refraction of a single light ray. They begin by exploring light traveling from a less dense medium into a denser medium. They use a numerical approach to establish a relationship between the angle of incidence and the angle of refraction. Then, students expl...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/bending-light
Capacitors
Students explore the characteristics of capacitors. The activity begins with a look at the movement of charge in a parallel-plate capacitor and the effect of voltage on charge. Following the definition of capacitance, students explore how plate area, plate separation, and dielectrics affect capac...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/capacitors
Charge Transfer
In this lesson, students will explore and compare various processes of charge transfer by induction and by contact.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/charge-transfer
Circuits Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physics: Circuitshttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circuits-assessment
Collisions in One Dimension
Students use the law of conservation of momentum to determine the momentums and velocities of objects involved in perfectly inelastic collisions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/collisions-in-one-dimension
Motion and Forces 2 Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physics: Motion and Forceshttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/motion-and-forces-2-assessment
Conservation of Momentum Data Collection Lab
In this lesson, students will explore momentum through collecting data using CBR2s of two carts on a dynamic track that collide.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/conservation-of-momentum-data-collection-lab
A Little Light Work
Students will study graphs of light intensity at various distances from a light sensor. They will use power and linear regressions to determine the relationship between light intensity and distance from the light source. They will also develop their own models for the relationship.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/a-little-light-work
A Magnetic Attraction
In this lesson, students will investigate the relationship between magnetic field strength and distance.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/a-magnetic-attraction
AC Circuits
Students explore a model of alternating electric current. They observe the effects of varying voltage, angular velocity, frequency, and phase shift on the shape of the waveform. They also calculate the relative phase shift between two waveforms. Finally, they create a model of a three-phase alter...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ac-circuits
Air Resistance
Students collect data on the rate at which coffee filters fall.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/air-resistance
Balancing Torques and Forces
In this activity, students explore the conditions necessary to produce static equilibrium using first-, second-, and third-class levers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/balancing-torques-and-forces
Forces on an Inclined Plane
In this lesson, students will collect data on the magnitude of the force acting on an object resting on an inclined plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forces-on-an-inclined-plane
Forces on Point Charges
Students explore interactions between charged point particles. They first explore graphical vector addition and then use vector addition rules to explore the net forces on charged particles. The preconstructed templates used in this activity include charged particles and forces of interactions be...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forces-on-point-charges
Waves and Vibrations Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Physics: Waves and Vibrationshttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/waves-and-vibrations-assessment
Hit the Target
In this lesson, students will explore the range of a marble that rolls down a ramp and off a table. The goal is for students to develop a mathematical model that will allow them to hit a target placed on the floor on the first try.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hit-the-target
Impulse of a Force
In this lesson, students will explore the impulse produced by a cart when it hits a stationary wall.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/impulse-of-a-force
Induced Magnetic Fields
In this activity, students will use a strong permanent magnet to induce a magnetic field in a metal object. They will measure the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field around the permanent magnet and around the induced magnet. They will also compare how magnetic field strength changes wit...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/induced-magnetic-fields