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Introduction to Newton’s Laws & Force

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To Begin: Forces and Motion Basics: Motion

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(https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/forces-and-motion-basics/latest/forces-and-motion-basics_all.html)

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Part I - Newton’s First Law

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Make sure the boxes that say “Force” and “Speed” are checked.

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acceleration, displacement). Refer to the speedometer in your answer.

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Newton’s First Law of Motion States “An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with
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the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.” Explain how your
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observations in a - d support this Law.

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Part II - Newton’s Second Law

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a. Reset the sim, don’t forget to check force, speed again. Remove the box and place a garbage can on top

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of the skateboard. Using your partner’s iPad, measure the amount of time it takes to reach maximum

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speed using a force of 50 N. Try this again with forces of 100N, and 200N.

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Newton’s Second Law states “The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional
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to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the mass
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of the object.” Explain how your observations in both a and b support this Law.
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Part III - Friction’s Effects

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The behavior of the skateboard in Part I and part II were not very realistic because friction was not present.

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force. ii. While the box is moving, move the friction slider to 1/2 way.

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Is friction a force? What evidence do you have have?

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Part IV - Back to Newton’s Second Law

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Newton’s Second Law states “The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly
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proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely
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Part V: Friction in Detail

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350 N of applied force. Describe how the force of friction changes while you are increasing the applied force.

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