Mechanics

Mechanics is the area of mathematics that studies the relationships between motion, forces and energy. While mechanics is often taught as a separate topic, the mathematics involved arises throughout the subject. As we develop resources related to mechanics, they will be placed at the appropriate station, for example, work with velocity-time graphs in Speed vs velocity appears at the Introducing Calculus station and Thinking constantly, which aims to improve students’ understanding of the link between acceleration, velocity and displacement functions and their graphs, appears at Calculus meets Functions.