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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 4.2 Newton's First Law of Motion: Inertia

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define mass and inertia and to understand Newton's First Law of Motion: There exists an inertial frame of reference such that a body at rest remains at rest, or, if in motion, remains in...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 4.4 Newton's Third Law of Motion: Symmetry in Forces

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to understand Newton's third law of motion and apply Newton's third law to define systems and solve problems of motion.
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Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Science, Optics & You: Sir Isaac Newton

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), a scientist whose impact is felt in many disciplines today. His laws of motion are integral to basic physics, and he co-invented calculus.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Motion on Incline Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the distance an object will move up an incline using Newton's Laws. Mass, angle, gravitational field and initial speed will be generated randomly.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Motion on Incline Level 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the distance an object will move up an incline using Newton's Laws. Mass, angle, gravitational field, coefficient of friction and initial speed will be generated randomly.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Motion on Incline Level 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the speed of a block when it returns to its original location on an incline using Newton's Laws. Mass, angle, gravitational field, coefficient of friction and initial speed will be generated randomly.
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Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newtons Laws: Rocket Sledder Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience the effect of friction, air resistance, and applied force upon a sledder. The speed, acceleration, and force values are displayed as the sled moves. Learners can vary the mass of the sledder and the size of the parachute...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Newton's Laws

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains Newton's Laws of Motion. Students are given definitions, practical examples and assessed on their knowledge.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Isaac Newton

For Students 9th - 10th
Profile of Isaac Newton, with a description of his scientific theories, the impact he had on the world of science in his day, and the influence his ideas still have in the world today.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Circular Motion Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students use a homemade circular motion machine to investigate the variables that affect circular motion. The students then graph their data in order to find mathematical relationships between the variables they have...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Graphing Your Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use a Motion Detector to measure distance and velocity. Students prepare graphs of motion and analyze them. They compare and match graphs of distance versus time and velocity versus time.
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: Build a Newtonian Physics Machine

For Students 6th - 8th
Great hands on way to explain Newton's Second Law of Motion. Choose from three different Newtonian physics machines to build and test Newton's Second Law.
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Handout
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Dynamics Bodies in Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Through an online slide-show format, learn about the physics of motion, including Newton's laws of motion.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Newton's Second Law: Constant Force Applied to a Skateboarder

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab activity, students will become familiar with Newton's 2nd Law of Motion. By investigating the motion of different skateboarders pulled with a variety of constant force values, they will discover that bodies acted on by a...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Inertia: An Object in Motion Will Tend to Stay in Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is a take off of Galileo's experiment with the inclined planes to show that an object in motion would stay in a straight line motion if no outside forces acted were acting on it. For this version, students will roll a ball...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Projectile Motion: Creating a Catapult

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is for 9th grade physical science students. It begins with an inquiry-based lesson using a projectile motion computer simulation. It culminates with students building a catapult; applying and connecting science knowledge from...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Is Newton's Third Law?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students are introduced to Newton's third law of motion, and then learn that engineers apply Newton's third law and an understanding of reaction forces when designing a wide range of creations, from rockets and aircraft to door knobs,...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Is Newton's First Law?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students are introduced to the concepts of force, inertia, and Newton's first law of motion: objects at rest stay at rest and objects in motion stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.This lesson is the first in a series...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Is Newton's Second Law?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
After a review of force, types of forces, and Newton's first law, students are introduced to Newton's second law of motion: force = mass x acceleration.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Newton's 3rd Law: Coin Flick

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this elementary physics investigation, students explore Newton's 3rd Law of Motion: To every action there is an equal & opposite reaction. Pairs of students will line up 5 pennies, (touching each other), between 2 rulers. The row...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Newton's First Law

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Apply mathematic equations to determine the effects of forces on objects as well as the law of inertia.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Newton's Third Law of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students find out about Newton's Third Law of Motion, and explore situations involving multiple objects.
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Website
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Isaac Newton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Fordham University links to excerpts of Newton's major works. Please scroll down to find the section on Newton titled "The Creation of Classical Physics." You will be able to actually read some of Newton's work! Read...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Newton's Third Law Through Film Canister Cannons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this physics lab (best done outside), students will explore Newton's Third Law - 'For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction'. Students will fill empty 35-mm film canisters with water and part of an Alka-Seltzer tablet,...

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