Tutorials on velocity-dependent forces

Newton’s laws and velocity-dependent forces

Pretest (.pdf)

Tutorial (.pdf)

Homework (.pdf)

Exam questions (.docx)

Instructor notes (.pdf)

All materials (~1MB .zip,

    .docx and .pdf)

Tutorial title

Emphasis (what do students do?)

Links to materials

Apply Newton’s laws to account for—and represent graphically—the motion of objects experiencing air resistance


Set up equations of motion and calculate terminal speed

Air resistance problems

Pretest (.pdf)

Tutorial (.pdf)

All materials (~500KB .zip,

    .docx and .pdf)

Contact information for co-PIs

Bradley S. Ambrose

Department of Physics

118 Padnos Hall

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, MI 49401


Tel.:  616-331-2524

FAX:  616-331-3740

Email:  ambroseb@gvsu.edu

Michael C. Wittmann

Department of Physics and Astronomy

5709 Bennett Hall

University of Maine

Orono, ME  04401-5709


Tel.:  207-581-1237

FAX:  207-581-3410

Email:  wittmann@umit.maine.edu

Solve qualitative and quantitative problems involving velocity-dependent forces


Set up and solve equations of motion, including cases in which initial speed exceeds terminal speed

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Intermediate Mechanics Tutorials are modeled after: 


  1. Tutorials in Introductory Physics, L.C. McDermott P.S. Shaffer, and the Physics Education Group at the University of Washington (Prentice Hall, 2002)


  1. Activity-Based Tutorials, M.C. Wittmann, R.N. Steinberg, E.F. Redish, and the University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group (Wiley, 2004 and 2005)