What are some helpful online resources for teaching high school physics?

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Hello, I'm a high school physics teacher and also working on a PhD in science curriculum and instruction. I've been teaching regular and honors physics for a couple of years and probably will add an A.P. Physics 1 section next year (depending on the school's scheduling priorities). I came across this site looking for help with some online physics resources I have been investigating. I've posted a question about it in the homework thread.
 
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It looks like it was deleted. It would have been nice if the moderator told me why. As far as I can tell, it was posted in the correct forum and I explained how I went about trying to solve it.

Well, in a nutshell - is it possible to use basic algebraic projectile formulas to find out how long a projectile is airborne given only its maximum height and horizontal displacement? A certain website said yes, but didn't show how. I can't figure it out, and every online calculator I've tried is unable to produce an answer with just those two pieces of data.
 
trryan5 said:
Well, in a nutshell - is it possible to use basic algebraic projectile formulas to find out how long a projectile is airborne given only its maximum height and horizontal displacement?
In fact, you won't even need the horizontal displacement.
 
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It looks like it was deleted. It would have been nice if the moderator told me why. As far as I can tell, it was posted in the correct forum and I explained how I went about trying to solve it.
It wasn't deleted. It just required approval (triggered by the links you had in the post). I just approved it.
 
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