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The Truck and the ladder
Statement and explanation of Newton's First Law, with animation to illustrate it.

How Do We Know How Old The Sun Is?
By using asteroids from the formation of the solar system and a few calculation using Kepler and Newton's laws it's possible to work out the age of the sun.

Newton's cradle
This applet simulates a well known experiment which demonstrates the conservation of momentum and energy.

Forces and Motion
A collection of interesting experiments dealing with friction, rockets and aerodynamics, illustrating Newton's laws.

How does a thing like that work?
Descriptions of how to carry out the experiments in a lecture tour - covers such topics as Newton's Laws, air pressure and electricity.


Projectiles and Newton
The "cannon on the mountaintop" thought experiment with user input of velocity data. There is a link to the background lecture notes.

Rocket
The thrust of a rocket can be modeled from a generalization of Newton's 2nd Law to include a variable mass.

How does gravity work? from HSW
Howstuffworks.com tackles gravity, comparing the views of Newton and Einstein.