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Newton's Second Law:  Mass-Acceleration Relationship with Dynamics Carts Lesson PlanNewton's Second Law:  Mass-Acceleration Relationship with Dynamics Carts Lesson Plan
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Newton's Second Law: Mass-Acceleration Relationship with Dynamics Carts

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Students form their own hypothesis about the relationships between force, mass, and acceleration for their dynamics cart system. They collect data and express it in a graphical format to visualize the relationships.

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9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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