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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Newton Rocket Car

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate Newton's third law of motion - which states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction - through a small wooden car. The Newton cars show how action/reaction works and how the mass...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Experiencing Newton's 3rd Law With Match Stick Rockets

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students build and launch match-stick rockets in order to experience Newton's Third Law of motion.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exploring Newton's Second Law

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students conduct an experiment that will reinforce their understanding of Newton's Second Law. Using simple objects, students control force, mass, and acceleration, and how each is related to each other.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Trucking and Thinking Newton's First Law of Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this activity students simulate the movement of cargo in the bed of a truck in order to experience Newton's first law of motion.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Newton's 3rd Law: Explosive Reaction Pairs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lab can be used to introduce Newton's 3rd Law of motion - For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction (of the same magnitude). In this exercise, learners use miniature explosives to analyze actions and reactions.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Newton's Second Law: How Does Acceleration Change With Varying Forces?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab activity, students investigate the effects of changing force on the acceleration of a lab cart testing Newton's Second Law of Motion. They will use distance and time to calculate velocity and create a graph representing their...
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Newton's Second Law

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Newton's Second Law including the formula Force = mass to the x power acceleration, an example of how to calculate the force needed to accelerate based on mass, and a link to a test.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Forces on a Kidney Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
This passage will test your knowledge on Newton's laws and equilibrium inside the human body.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Knee Injuries in Athletes

For Students 9th - 10th
This passage will test your knowledge on Newton's laws and equilibrium in regards to knee injuries.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Newton Gets Me Moving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity, students will explore motion, rockets and rocket motion while assisting Spacewoman Tess, Spaceman Rohan and Maya in their explorations. They will first learn some basic facts about vehicles, rockets and...
Interactive
Other

Institute of Physics: Newton's Cradle

For Students 9th - 10th
The interactive simulation demonstrates the conservation of momentum through a Newton?s Cradle simulation.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Newton's First and Second Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the concept of inertia and how it applies to Newton's First Law. They also learn about Newton's Second Law and answer both numerical and conceptual...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Newton's Cannon

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about orbits and how an object can stay in orbit under the influence of gravity. By adjusting launch velocities users will understand how to successfully put a virtual satellite into orbit without...
Interactive
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Newton's Mountain Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A science simulation launches a projectile from the top of a mountain testing Newton's theory introduced in Principia.
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Third Law of Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Illinois Institute of Technology site is a lesson plan and lab that utilizes a toy rocket to investigate Newton's third law. Includes directions and practical applications.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Newton's Cradle

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust the mass of one of the balls to see how the other objects are affected in the animated Newton's Cradle.
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Physics4kids

Physics 4 Kids: Laws of Motion Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this ten question multiple choice quiz on laws of motion.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Cooking the Thanksgiving Day Turkey

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will analyze data using Newton's Law of Heating and an exponential equation. Asks students to make connections between Newton's Law of Heating and the exponential equation.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Gravity in the Solar System

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Test your knowledge of Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation with an animation and a short quiz.
Unit Plan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Impulse and Momentum

For Students 11th - 12th
Students explore impulse and momentum. Some topics examined in the activities are collisions, impulse, Newton's laws, and momentum. The resource consists of lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice problems and exam...
Handout
Harvard University

Harvard University: Math 21a Supplement 1 on Work and Energy [Pdf]

For Students 11th - 12th
A handout for a university calculus course. It looks at the application of Newton's Laws to calculate work and energy for a particle of mass with a force being exerted on it.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Chill Out: How Hot Objects Cool

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students can use a temperature probe to collect data as the warmed probe cool. Students will investigate Newton's law of cooling and model cooling data with an exponential function. They will fit the data to a...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Optimal Bottle Rocket Launch

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students build rocket models designed for gaining the maximum height. They use a compressed air rocket launcher and 2-liter plastic bottles. They will also use an online simulator to help them make predictions and adjustments to their...
Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Force and Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This article helps students learn about Newton's laws of motion and the properties of force.

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