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Activity
NASA

Glenn Research Center: Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA presents a concise explanation of Newton's three laws of motion. Click on the highlighted vocabulary to find more detailed and illustrated descriptions. Included is a link to a movie that shows how the laws of motion described the...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Newton's Triple Play: Baseball Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, middle schoolers watch a video and animations that relate Isaac Newton's three laws of motion to baseball and apply what they've learned about these laws to another sport or other real-life situation. It includes...
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Kepler's Three Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
The three laws of planetary motion as described by Kepler are stated and elaborated upon. Useful graphics and an easy-to-understand language are used to explain the nature of planetary motion. Both conceptual and mathematical. Includes a...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Physics Quizzes: Newton's Three Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
Assess your understanding of Newton's three laws of motion and the ability to distinguish between the three with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Receive immediate feedback to your answers.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Newton's Three Laws

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This technology-based lesson will review Newton's three laws of motion. After reviewing the laws, the learners will be divided into three groups. Each group will be assigned one of Newton's laws and asked to create a presentation...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Laws of Motion

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science behind the basic three Laws of Motion. Forces theory discovered by Isaac Newton.
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: The Apple, the Moon, and the Inverse Square Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Are Newton's Laws?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Through a series of three lessons and one activity, students are introduced to inertia, forces, and Newton's three laws of motion.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Newton's three laws are deceptively simple, but they are the underpinning of all of physics and govern the mechanics all of your actions in everyday life. Take an in-depth look at these laws in this learning module.
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Online Course
Yale University

Open Yale Courses: Physics 200: Fundamentals of Physics: Kepler's Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
This lecture explains Kepler's Three Laws of motion. Application of these laws are made to planetary movements around the sun. The lecture is available in multiple formats (audio, video, written transcript). Practice problems are also...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Force and Newton's Laws: Section Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This page summarizes each section of Chapter 4: Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion in the AP Physics online text. These include Newton's three laws of motion and application of those and other forces.
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Online Course
Yale University

Open Yale Courses: Physics 200: Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: All of Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you describe and explain all Newton's Laws of Motion? This exercise has students testing their knowledge of the Laws of Motion with this quiz.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: A Brief Overview of Newton's Laws of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents labeled illustrations modeling each of Newton's three laws of motion along with explanations.
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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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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Newton's Laws in Three Dimensions

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can use this article to learn about forces and motions in three dimensions.
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Website
Other

Math Matters Every Day: Newton's Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at how Newton's three laws of motion apply to an analysis of the forces being exerted when playing football.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Motion Commotion

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students learn why and how motion occurs and what governs changes in motion, as described by Newton's three laws of motion. They gain hands-on experience with the concepts of forces, changes in motion, and action and reaction. In an...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc:investigating Friction:investigate How the Force of Friction Opposes Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this investigation, students will learn that speed, velocity, and changes in velocity are the result of the action of forces on objects such as friction. They will be able to explain how the force of friction opposes motion by...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Experiencing Newton's Laws of Motion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson will approach the study of Newton's 3 Laws of Motion using McGraw-Hill Science textbook Unit F. The students will be given an overview of the laws and vocabulary words to study. After introducing and explaining the concept of...
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Double Trouble

For Students 9th - 10th
Through the use of free-body diagrams and Newton's laws, students analyze the motion of two objects together.
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Lesson Plan
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
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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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Kepler's Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
An outstanding page describing Kepler's three laws of planetary motion.