Students must calculate the acceleration of an object down an incline when there is friction present. Mass, angle and coefficient of friction will be generated randomly.

Explore the effects of forces around us in the world.

Students must calculate the distance an object will move up an incline using Newton's Laws. Mass, angle, gravitational field, coefficient of friction and initial speed will be generated randomly.

Students must calculate the speed of a block when it returns to its original location on an incline using Newton's Laws. Mass, angle, gravitational field, coefficient of friction and initial speed will be generated randomly.

This lesson will introduce the concept of friction and explain how it can affect forces. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Friction."

This lesson will introduce the concept of friction and explain how it can affect forces. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Friction."

What is friction? Illustrated discussion of friction including the three types, its importance, and why it is avoided.

Covers the meanings of force, friction, and gravity, and the differences between magnetic and elastic spring force, and between weight and mass. The effect of air resistance on an object's motion is also touched upon.

Students must calculate the acceleration of an object being pulled along a horizontal surface by a force on an angle. The surface has friction.

This University of Minnesota site provides a series of contextually rich, real-world problems demonstrating force and Newton's second law of motion.

This program gives students a visual representation of the forces on a block that is on an inclined plane. The students can watch how force gravity, force normal, and force friction change as the angle of the plane changes. Students can...

In this lesson plan students experience friction by sliding a block of wood over sandpaper. Students will experiment with frictional forces by measuring with spring scales or rubberbands.

This page summarizes each section of Chapter 5: Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity from the AP Physics online text. These include friction, drag force, and elasticity: stress and strain.

For this lab activity, young scholars will become familiar with Newton's 2nd Law of Motion. By investigating the motion of different skateboarders pulled with a variety of constant force values, they will discover that bodies acted on by...

Learners investigate forces and Newton's laws. Some topics examined are mass, friction, and Newton?s laws of motion. The resource includes example problems with solutions and a chapter quiz.

This is a glossary of terms and definitions used in Chapter 5: Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity from the AP Physics online text.

Learn more about finding acceleration through the practices found in this lesson. "The process of determining the acceleration of an object demands that the mass and the net force are known." Check out this comprehensive site.

In this activity, teams of young scholars build a car out of common materials which is then propelled by the release of air out of a balloon and must travel a minimum distance. The activity is then extended to a competition to build the...

Explore the world of finding individual forces. "The process of determining the value of the individual forces acting upon an object involve [sic] an application of Newton's Second law and an application of the meaning of the net force."

A clear explanation of Newton's First Law of Motion, the law of inertia, with diagrams and real-world examples. Useful for both students and teachers. Written by a high school physics teacher.

Teaches what friction force is, the difference between static and kinetic friction, and how friction force is calculated.

Visit this summary of friction. Use the interactive JAVA window to run friction simulations.

What causes wind? How does wind affect our weather? This website is neatly organized into topics about pressure, gradient force, Coriolis force, geostrophic wind, gradient wind, friction, boundary layer wind, and sea and land breezes....

By the end of this section, you will be able to state Hooke's law; explain Hook's law using graphical representations between deformation and applied force; discuss the three types of deformations: changes in length, sideways shear, and...