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Newton's Laws of Motion

Course of Study - Science

By Beverly Hernandez, About.com

Newton's Three Laws of Motion:
  1. Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
  2. The acceleration produced by a particular force acting on a body is directly proportional to the magnitude of the force and inversely proportional to the mass of the body.
  3. To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction; or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.

Printables

Lessons

  • Newton's Laws - Newton's Laws of Motion are presented in this online physics tutorial complete with animations and questions to check understanding.

Music

Games

  • Acceleration - Watch as you fill out the chart to see how mass, force, and acceleration are related. When you are done see if you can write a rule.
  • 3 Puck Cluck - A game of collisions and decisions.
  • 3 Ball Football - Try your hand at some real world collisions and decisions.

Projects

  • Marble on the Move - Make a maze and use a marble to investigate Newton's laws of motion.
  • Bumper Cars - Newton's third law of motion comes into play on the bumper cars.
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