Students learn the basics of the law of inertia with this short tutorial and accompanying animation which demonstrates the motion.

By the end of this section, you will be able to define net force, external force, and system; understand Newton's second law of motion; and apply Newton's second law to determine the weight of an object.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about Newton's third law of motion, calculations in two dimensions, and the interaction of multiple objects in the context of a horse pulling a cart.

Intended for students with a strong math and science background, a course introducing physics concepts of Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, gravitation, thermodynamics, and waves. Twenty-four class sessions in video format are...

Describes the logic behind the development of Newton's law of universal gravitation. Beginning with Johannes Kepler and his three laws of planetary motion, content walks the reader through Newton's thought process and development of this...

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.

Through examples and practice problems, this interactive tutorial helps students understand the Law of Action-Reaction as it has to do with Newton's Laws.

This is part of a lesson on Newton's Laws of Motion that focuses on inertia and mass. It restates Newton's first law of motion. The lesson also gives a helpful visual description concerning friction.

Read about the life of Isaac Newton and his many accomplishments in physics, mathematics, optics, and religious study, and how his discoveries helped in space research.

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...

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.

The interactive simulation demonstrates the conservation of momentum through a Newton?s Cradle simulation.

Students apply both kinematic principles and Newton's laws of motion to understand and explain the motion of objects moving in two dimensions, more specifically, the motion of projectiles.

Students investigate a variety of applications of circular motion principles to the world of sports, and use Newton's laws to mathematically analyze such motions. The emphasis will not be upon an investigation of the details of every...

A science simulation launches a projectile from the top of a mountain testing Newton's theory introduced in Principia.

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."

This lab was designed to have students investigate the factors that affect the acceleration of an object on a frictionless horizontal surface. The simulation will give the students a position vs. time graph and a velocity vs. time graph....

This lab was designed to have students investigate the factors that affect the acceleration of an object on a frictionless horizontal surface. The simulation will give the students data from two photogates which they must use to find the...

This lab was designed to have students investigate the factors that affect the acceleration of an object on a frictionless horizontal surface. The simulation will give the students position vs. time data and they will have to determine...

This interactive physics tutorial introduces the basic meaning of force, including contact and non-contact forces.

This physics tutorial provides students some practice using a given equation to find the acceleration of an object.

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.

By the end of this section, you will be able to define drag force and model it mathematically, discuss the applications of drag force, define terminal velocity, and perform calculations to find terminal velocity.

By the end of this section, you will be able to discuss the general characteristics of friction, describe the various types of friction, and calculate the magnitudes of static and kinetic frictional forces.