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Course

Mathematics

Description

This simulation will allow students to learn how to add vectors. Students will drag vectors onto the graph, change their length and angle, and sum them together. The magnitude, angle, and components of each vector can be displayed in several formats.

Using the simulation, students will:

• Explain vector representations in their own words.
• Convert between the angular form of vectors and the component form.
• Calculate % error using the best measurement for the expected value.

Website(s)

PhET Interactive Simulations

Simulation

Click on the link below to view the simulation:

• Vector Addition

Requirements

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Content Provider

Physics Education Technology
The Physics Education Technology (PhET) project at the University of Colorado produces fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena that make bridges to the real world.

Related Academic Standards

New York State

N-VM.1 Recognize vector quantities as having both magnitude and direction. Represent vector quantities by directed line segments, and use appropriate symbols for vectors and their magnitudes (e.g., v, |v|, ||v||, v).

N-VM.2 Find the components of a vector by subtracting the coordinates of an initial point from the coordinates of a terminal point.

N-VM.3 Solve problems involving velocity and other quantities that can be represented by vectors.

N-VM.4 Add and subtract vectors.

N-VM.4.a Add vectors end-to-end, component-wise, and by the parallelogram rule. Understand that the magnitude of a sum of two vectors is typically not the sum of the magnitudes.

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