March 30, 2013
Hi, I have just released a trailer for my video on Newton’s Third Law of Motion. The video will be released shortly and in it I explain the concept of action and reaction forces. I then conduct a series of experiments using the law. In the trailer below you can preview some of the content ...
December 23, 2012
I have just finished another chapter of my new video on Newton’s third law of motion. Here you see my kart set up to demonstrate how we may use Newton’s third law of motion to generate thrust and accelerate my kart to high velocity. The cylinder contains pressurised CO2 which on release creates a rearwards ...
October 4, 2012
Hi, Here is an image from my video on Newton’s third law of motion. When you are standing can you feel the force from the floor on your feet? Newton’s third law explains that as a result of you applying a force to the floor due to your weight, the floor will apply an equal force ...
September 20, 2012
Hi. I’m continuing to make progress on the development of my video on Newton’s Third Law of Motion. Below is an image taken from the beginning of the video. The law introduces the concept of action and reaction forces and this is posted on the wall behind me. I’ll use the wall to explain the law and ...
August 17, 2012
I have just completed the animation of my rocket “mac 1″ during liftoff. You can see the rocket as it lifts off the launch pad in the image below. The animation uses the Blender smoke simulation capabilities with additional lighting to give the necessary glow of the rocket engine during full thrust. The engine is designed to use Newton’s ...
July 25, 2012
Hi I have been modelling the rocket to be used in my video on Newton’s third law of motion. Here it is being prepared for launch and here is a close-up view. I am now about to start the modelling of the smoke and fire of the rocket as it takes off. Mac
May 29, 2012
I am pleased to announce that I have released my ebook on Newton’s second law of motion. It is available in two versions on the iBookstore on iTunes; one for the iPhone and iPod touch, and one for the iPad. The ebook has over eleven minutes of animation, a range of images, and questions with solutions so that ...
January 14, 2012
Hi. Here is an image from my new video, which I’m currently developing, which explains the use of a spring balance to measure force. You can see from the image that the new video will have a split screen format, which shows me as I add and remove masses from the spring balance as well ...
August 21, 2011
Hi and welcome to my video on Newton’s second law of motion. The second law is one of three laws published by Sir Isaac Newton in 1687. I start the video by introducing the law in the form F=ma and explaining each term in the equation and how we may use it to predict forces ...
July 3, 2011
Hi and welcome to my tutorial on Newton’s second law of motion. My video on Newton’s second law explains how we can use the law to predict the forces required to control the acceleration of an object. In this tutorial I will discuss the content of the video, with further comments, observations and examples which ...