Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Laws of Motion

For Students K - 1st
This resource provides a discussion of Newton's Laws of Motion.
eBook
Libre Text

Uc Davis Geo Wiki: Newton's 2nd Law

For Students 9th - 10th
The wind blowing over your house, the Gulf Stream flowing into the North Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Europe, the jet stream at 10 km altitude. All these different flows in the atmosphere and in the ocean can be understood using ideas...
Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's First Law of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Physics Quizzes: Newton's Three Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
Assess your understanding of Newton's three laws of motion and the ability to distinguish between the three with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Receive immediate feedback to your answers.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Newton's First Law?

For Students 9th - 10th
Newton's First Law also called the law of inertia is the most important thing to realize about motion. This article offers more information on motion and explains solved problems involving Newton's First Law. Also included is a video...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Newton's First Law Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the key concepts, equations, and skills for Newton's first law of motion, including the difference between mass and weight.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Newton's Third Law Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the key concepts and skills for Newton's third law of motion, including how to identify action-reaction pairs.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Newton's Second Law Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the key concepts, equations, and skills for Newton's second law of motion, including how to analyze motion in the x- and y-directions independently.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Newton's Second Law?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the fact that forces cause acceleration in this article about Newton's Second Law. Includes examples and worked examples of problems.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Newton's Third Law?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article offers a description and real-life examples of Newton's Third Law. Practice questions are included to test your knowledge!
Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Second Law of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Online Course
Yale University

Open Yale Courses: Physics 200: Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This lecture covers Newton's three laws of motion. You can watch the lecture on video or listen to audio. A transcript of the lecture and practice problems are also provided.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Newton's Law of Inertia the Motorcyclist

For Students 9th - 10th
Without a seat belt, the rider of a motorcycle is more likely to maintain its state of motion after running into an obstacle. The animation here depicts this scenario.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Newton's Law of Cooling

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this problem, students use an exponential equation to investigate the cooling of a cup of coffee and how long it would take for it to cool down to different temperatures. Aligns with F-LE.B.5 and F-LE.A.4.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Inertia and Mass

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated examples and interactive practice problems, students explore the relationship of inertia and mass.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Science of Collisons: Using Newton's Laws in Forensics & the Courtroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this physical science related activity, students will use inquiry skills and investigative procedures to determine which vehicle is at fault in a collision between a car and tractor-trailer.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Newton's Law System With 3 Masses

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find out different things for a series of 3 objects moving as a system.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Newton's Law System With Friction Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find out different things for a series of object's moving as a system with Friction.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Newton's Law System Both Frictions Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find out different things for a series of object's moving as a system with Friction. In this problem students will be given both a static friction coefficient and a kinetic friction coefficient.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Newton's Law System (No Friction)

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find out different things for a series of objects moving as a system.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Students study several free-body diagrams to better understand balanced and unbalanced forces.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: The Meaning of Force

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive physics tutorial introduces the basic meaning of force, including contact and non-contact forces.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Types of Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive tutorial gives an in-depth introduction to a variety of forces; both contact, and non-contact.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Drawing Free Body Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
Students practice reading situations where forces are acting upon objects in all directions and magnitudes, and then draw free-body diagrams to represent the forces. Each problem has a self-checking key linked right on the page.

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