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Deriving Second Law
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, the students will be deriving the equation F = ma. They will be doing an activity on the computer where they will need to use their knowledge of Dot Patterns to see how the Acceleration changes when the Force and Mass are adjusted.
Deriving Second Law Online Activity
Using Second Law to find Acceleration
Lesson Summary
Ask everyone in the class to find a partner. Have them sit on other sides of the room. Give one side, Net Forces with Acceleration A, and the other side, Net Forces with Acceleration B. The front side of the worksheet asks them to apply F = ma by finding Acceleration given a Mass and a Net Force. Upon completion of the front side of the worksheet, have them pair up with their partner and check each others work.
On the back side of Net Forces with Acceleration A and B, there is a lab where they will be deriving an equation for the force of gravity using spring scales.
Net Forces with Acceleration - Worksheet A
Net Forces with Acceleration - Worksheet B
Frictional Force and Normal Force Investigation
Static vs. Kinetic Friction Graph
Lesson Summary
This online lab is meant to show the difference between static vs. kinetic friction. They will be using PHet to see how the Frictional Force changes as the Applied Force changes. They'll be graphing the Applied Force vs. the Friction Force and seeing what the graph looks like.
Static vs Kinetic Friction Online Activity
Net Forces with Friction
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, we'll piggyback off our knowledge of Net Forces with Acceleration, Frictional Force, and Static vs. Kinetic Friction
Tension Force Investigation
Lesson Summary
Force Diagrams
Lesson Summary