VPython Video Tutorials
3D Programming with Python using the Visual Library

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• * Episode 01 - Projectile Motion 1 (vpython01.avi, 26.8 MB, 18 min 15 sec) - January 10, 2006
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• This is the first video in this tutorial series. It briefly discusses where to find information to install python and the vpython libraries. Then we create a 3D program demonstrating the effect of gravity on a dropped object.


• * Episode 02 - Projectile Motion 2 (vpython02.avi, 20.5 MB, 11 min 42 sec) - January 12, 2006
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• This episode continues from the last episode in which a ball was dropped to the earth. We modify that 3D program so the ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a building.


• * Episode 03 - Projectile Motion 3 (vpython03.avi, 28.6 MB, 15 min 27 sec) - January 17, 2006
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• This episode continues from the last episode in which a ball was thrown horizontally off a building. In this episode we modify that 3D program so the ball is thrown at an angle from the ground.


• * Episode 04 - Projectile Motion 4 (vpython04.avi, 44.3 MB, 18 min 24 sec) - January 27, 2006
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• This episode continues from the last episode in which a ball was thrown at an angle from the ground. We modify that 3D program so an artificial wind pushes the ball while it is in flight.


• * Episode 05 - Friction (vpython05.avi, 68.2 MB, 31 min 28 sec) - February 3, 2006
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• This episode continues from the last episode in which wind altered the path of a thrown ball. We modify that program so that a thrown puck slides until friction slows it to a stop. Newton's three laws of motion are also discussed.


• * Episode 06 - Force, Motion & Vectors (vpython06.avi, 103.6 MB, 30 min 6 sec) - February 9, 2006
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• This is a cleaned up version of the last program and also a review of previous topics. Special emphasis is placed on using vectors and the relationship between force, accleration, velocity, and position vectors. New topics include the norm of a vector and the magnitude of a vector.


• * Episode 07 - Tension (vpython07.avi, 86.0 MB, 30 min 3 sec) - March 14, 2006
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• In this episode we model an experiment in which a string is tied to an object on a table and to a weight hanging off the edge. The mass of the weight is increased until the book slides. Tension and friction are the key topics.


• * Episode 08 - Gravity (vpython08.avi, 92.6 MB, 29 min 19 sec) - March 23, 2006
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• In this episode we model satellites orbiting the earth. Topics include the Universal Law Of Gravitation, Uniform Circular Motion, and vector subtraction.


• * Episode 09 - Spring Force (vpython09.avi, 76.6 MB, 19 min 12 sec) - March 30, 2006
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• In this episode we model the behavior of a spring according to Hooke's Law and take a look at dragging and dropping objects in VPython.