Forces and Motion Resources

Videos

A Tale of Two Newtons

Who was Sir Isaac Newton? A brilliant physicist? A mysterious alchemist? Watch this PBS documentary shedding light on the darker side of the Guy in the (sometimes) Fancy Wig.

The Dark Side of Gravity

Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us half a mile underground into a spooky abandoned mine, where astrophysicists look for something even spookier: something invisible that dictates how entire galaxies move.

In Love with Gravity

Astronaut Howard Wolowitz desperately misses gravity while on a space mission in this short clip from Big Bang Theory.

Games & Tools

Launch your Cannonball

Simulate projectile motion by varying projection angles, initial velocities, and even include air resistance if you wish.

Master of the Universe

Design your own planetary system, fling comets and put planets into orbit with this easy, cute game that lets you explore gravity. 

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Articles

Masterminds of Gravitational Monsters

Read a New York Times article challenging both Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking’s views of black holes, those massive collapsed stars from which not even light can escape.

Relatively Difficult Tests on Relativity

Peruse a PBS article describing general relativity and its various tests regarding the bending of light, including solar eclipses, orbits of Mercury, gravitational lensing, gravitational redshift, and even time dilation.