Conceptual Physics

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this textbook. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

1: About Science

Boyle's Law and Charles' Law
Fan Cart Physics
Growing Plants
Photosynthesis Lab
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
Simple Harmonic Motion

2: Mechanical Equilibrium

Determining a Spring Constant
Fan Cart Physics
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Vectors

3: Newton's First Law of Motion--Inertia

2D Collisions
Fan Cart Physics
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws

4: Linear Motion

Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Free Fall Tower
Free-Fall Laboratory
Measuring Motion
Roller Coaster Physics

5: Projectile Motion

Free-Fall Laboratory
Golf Range
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Shoot the Monkey
Vectors

6: Newton's Second Law of Motion--Force and Acceleration

Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Free-Fall Laboratory

7: Newton's Third Law of Motion--Action and Reaction

2D Collisions
Air Track
Fan Cart Physics

8: Momentum

2D Collisions
Air Track
Moment of Inertia
Roller Coaster Physics

9: Energy

Cell Energy Cycle
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Levers
Potential Energy on Shelves
Pulley Lab
Wheel and Axle

10: Circular Motion

Comparing Earth and Venus
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Uniform Circular Motion

11: Rotational Equilibrium

Atwood Machine
Center of Mass
Moment of Inertia
Torque and Moment of Inertia

12: Rotational Motion

Atwood Machine
Inclined Plane - Rolling Objects
Moment of Inertia
Torque and Moment of Inertia

13: Universal Gravitation

Golf Range
Gravitational Force
Ocean Tides
Tides
Weight and Mass

14: Satellite Motion

Gravity Pitch
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Solar System Explorer

17: The Atomic Nature of Matter

Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Ionic Bonds
Nuclear Decay
Phase Changes

18: Solids

Density
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
Density via Comparison
Determining Density via Water Displacement
Mineral Identification
Weight and Mass

19: Liquids

Archimedes' Principle
Density
Density Laboratory

20: Gases

Boyle's Law and Charles' Law
Coastal Winds and Clouds
Colligative Properties
Phase Changes
Relative Humidity
Weather Maps
Equilibrium and Pressure

21: Temperature, Heat, and Expansion

Calorimetry Lab
Phase Changes
Temperature and Particle Motion

22: Heat Transfer

Conduction and Convection
Greenhouse Effect
Heat Absorption
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Herschel Experiment
Radiation

23: Change of Phase

Colligative Properties
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Phase Changes
Phases of Water
Relative Humidity
Temperature and Particle Motion
Weather Maps

24: Thermodynamics

Temperature and Particle Motion

25: Vibrations and Waves

Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Earthquake - Recording Station
Longitudinal Waves
Period of a Pendulum
Ripple Tank
Sound Beats and Sine Waves

26: Sound

Hearing: Frequency and Volume
Longitudinal Waves
Sound Beats and Sine Waves

27: Light

Basic Prism
Herschel Experiment
Radiation
Star Spectra

28: Color

Additive Colors
Basic Prism
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Color Absorption
Herschel Experiment
Star Spectra
Subtractive Colors

29: Reflection and Refraction

Laser Reflection
Radiation
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
Refraction
Ripple Tank

30: Lenses

Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)

31: Diffraction and Interference

Ripple Tank

32: Electrostatics

Coulomb Force (Static)
Pith Ball Lab

33: Electric Fields and Potential

Charge Launcher
Electromagnetic Induction

34: Electric Currents

Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits

35: Electric Circuits

Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits

36: Magnetism

Magnetic Induction
Magnetism

37: Electromagnetic Induction

Electromagnetic Induction
Magnetic Induction

38: The Atom and the Quantum

Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Electron Configuration
Photoelectric Effect

39: The Atomic Nucleus and Radioactivity

Element Builder
Half-life
Nuclear Decay

Content correlation last revised: 2/10/2012