Motion in 2D

Motion in 2D Screenshot
  • Motion
  • Acceleration
  • Velocity
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Topics

  • Motion
  • Acceleration
  • Velocity

Description

Try the new "Ladybug Motion 2D" simulation for the latest updated version. Learn about position, velocity, and acceleration vectors. Move the ball with the mouse or let the simulation move the ball in four types of motion (2 types of linear, simple harmonic, circle).

Sample Learning Goals

  • Is the velocity vector blue or green? How can you tell?
  • Is the acceleration vector blue or green? How can you tell?
  • Explain why the velocity and acceleration vectors behave as they do for the preset motions (linear acceleration I, II, circular motion, & harmonic motion).
Version 1.07

Teacher Tips

Download teacher tips PDF Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ).

Teacher-Submitted Activities

2D Motion A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Patrick Foley HS Lab Physics
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? This contribution was designed by PhET. Sarah Borenstein MS Other Chemistry
Earth Science
Biology
Physics
Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics Jaya Ramchandani HS Other Physics
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer MS
HS
Other Biology
Chemistry
Physics
PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C Roberta Tanner HS Other Physics
Kinematics Wang Yunhe HS Lab Physics
Modeling a linear simple harmonic oscillator Mark Kelly UG-Intro Lab Physics
Rotational Motion Sarah Stanhope HS Lab
1 Dimensional Motion - Kinematics and Graphing Sarah Stanhope HS Lab
Introduction to rotational motion Sarah Stanhope HS
UG-Intro
CQs Physics
2D Motion Activity Drew Isola HS CQs
Motion in Two Dimensions Gretchen Swanson HS Lab Physics

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Amharic All Amharic Run now Motion in 2D(በ 2 ዲ እንቅስቃሴ )
Arabic All العربية Run now الحركة في بعدين
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Basque All Euskara Run now Mugimendua planoan
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Bosnian All Bosanski Run now Kretanje u 2-D
Bulgarian All български Run now Движение в 2D
Chinese (Simplified) All 中文 (中国) Run now 平面运动
Chinese (Traditional) All 中文 (台灣) Run now 二維移動
Croatian All hrvatski Run now Odnos brzine i akceleracije
Czech All čeština Run now Pohyb ve 2D
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Dutch All Nederlands Run now Beweging in een vlak
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French All français Run now Mouvement en 2D
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German All Deutsch Run now Bewegung in 2D
Greek All Ελληνικά Run now Κίνηση σε 2Δ
Hebrew All עברית Run now תנועה דו מימדית
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Indonesian All Bahasa Indonesia Run now Gerak 2D
Irish All Gaeilge Run now Gluaisne in 3T Download teacher tips PDF
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Malay All Bahasa Melayu Run now Gerakan Dalam 2D
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Mongolian All Монгол (Монгол) Run now 2 Хэмжээст Хөдөлгөөн
Norwegian Bokmal All Norsk bokmål Run now Bevegelse i 2D
Persian All فارسی Run now حرکت در دو بعد
Polish All polski Run now Ruch dwuwymiarowy
Portuguese All português Run now Movimento em 2D
Portuguese (Brazil) All português (Brasil) Run now Movimento em 2D
Russian All русский Run now Движение в 2D
Serbian All Српски Run now Кретање у 2-D
Slovak All Slovenčina Run now Pohyb v 2D
Spanish All español Run now PhET Movimiento2D Download teacher tips PDF
Spanish (Mexico) All español (México) Run now PhET Movimiento2D Download teacher tips PDF
Spanish (Peru) All español (Perú) Run now Movimiento en 2D
Swedish All svenska Run now Rörelse i 2D
Thai All ไทย Run now การเคลื่อนที่ใน 2 มิติ
Turkish All Türkçe Run now iki boyutta hareket
Turkmen All Turkmen Run now 2D hereket
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Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Michael Dubson (developer/lead)
  • Sam Reid (developer)