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Projectile Motion Lab
Adjust launch speed, angle and gravity to explore projectile motion.
Beauty in maths topic
Mechanics
Mechanics uses mathematics to describe motion, forces, constraints and physical modelling.
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What this area includes
Projectile motion and parameter changes
Forces on inclined planes
Vectors, fields and changing velocity
Connections between diagrams, equations and behaviour
Questions to explore
Which forces matter in this model?
How does the diagram become an equation?
What changes when a parameter is adjusted?
Working pages and tools
These are the pages currently available to open from this topic.
Planned directions
These ideas are not built yet, but they show where this topic could grow next.
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Vector Fields and Motion
Planned bridge between mechanics and differential equations using arrows, paths and changing velocity.
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A Level Mechanics SUVAT Toolkit
Planned tool linking displacement, velocity, acceleration graphs and constant-acceleration formulae.
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A Level Forces and Free Body Lab
Planned diagram builder for resolving forces, connected particles, friction and Newton's second law.
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Timing, Tempo and Polyrhythm
Planned visualiser for beats, subdivisions, least common multiples, phase and rhythmic cycles.
Connected topics
How to use this section
The aim here is to make mechanics feel visual, physical and reasoned rather than just formula-driven.