Explore the forces at work when pulling against a cart, and pushing a refrigerator, crate, or person. Create an applied force and see how it makes objects move. Change friction and see how it affects the motion of objects.

Explore forces and motion as you push household objects up and down a ramp. Lower and raise the ramp to see how the angle of inclination affects the parallel forces.

In this student-paced module, students apply Newton's Laws of Motion to everyday life, calculate mathematical relationships involving force and motion using algebraic formulas, and understand the difference between mass and weight.

Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time....

Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time.

How is the motion of an object affected by forces that act on that object? Can you predict how the motion of an object will be affected by balanced and unbalanced forces? Is there a relationship between force, mass, and acceleration? In...

See how forces affect various items that are pushed or pulled.

In this lesson, the students will work across the curriculum using technology, business education, and mathematics. They will form a company and use the physics of force and motion to build a hovercraft. The students will use this...

With this hands-on lesson plan, help students understand force, gravity, friction, and speed. Students will also learn how each of these concepts affects the another.

Students will explore what they can do with balls, cars, marbles, and ramps and document findings in their science journals. This will engage their curiosity, allow them to make self-discoveries, and explore self-interests.

A collection of mechanics activities. Many pertain to Newton's laws of motion. Step-by-step directions provided with illustrations. Great for teacher demos or student projects.

In this document, we will try to answer a fundamental question of physical science, "Why do things start to move, slow down, speed up, stop moving or change direction?" In answering these core questions we can develop concepts that can...

This list describes common misconceptions children have about force and motion and the scientific explanation for those ideas.

This page offers 27 questions to test students' knowledge of the major concepts in each section of Chapter 4: Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion from the AP Physics online text.

This page offers 57 problems/exercises based on the content of Chapter 4: Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws from the AP Physics online text.

A unit on energy, force, and motion presented with interactive and classroom activities. Students gain an understanding of weight, mass, potential and kinetic energy, sound, and heat with this engaging resource.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between position, velocity, and acceleration for two objects in one-dimensional motion. Experiment with varying approaches to the race for both Irwin and Ruthie to see how...

Pick from these hands-on lessons provided by COSI to learn more about Newton's Laws of Motion.

Learn what happens when a force is applied to an object.

A video and a short quiz on Newton's Third Law of Motion. It breaks down what action and reaction mean, and how mass and acceleration factor into the outcome of a collision.

A video and a short quiz on acceleration.

Students watch video clips from the October Sky and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movies to see examples of projectile motion. Then they explore the relationships between displacement, velocity and acceleration, and calculate...

In the following interactive students will begin to discuss the inertial frame of reference and the non-inertial frame of reference. They will also describe the effects of the Coriolis force.

This page summarizes each section of Chapter 4: Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion in the AP Physics online text. These include Newton's three laws of motion and application of those and other forces.