Newton's Laws
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Objective
I can apply Newton's laws to predict the motion of objects in everyday situations.
Part 1 of 3
Warm-up video
TED-Ed · 3:33Vetted channel
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Part 2 of 3
Practice
7 questions
Explain Newton's first law of motion (the law of inertia) in your own words and give an example of it in action, different from the bicycle example in the video.
If you push a box with a force of 20 N and it accelerates at 2 m/s², what is the mass of the box?
Part 3 of 3
Exit ticket
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“A book is resting on a table. What will happen to the book if no forces act upon it? Explain which of Newton's laws supports your answer. Imagine you are pushing a friend on a swing. You push once to start them moving. What will happen to the swing's motion if you stop pushing? Explain which of Newton's laws supports your answer. A student jumps off of a small boat onto the dock. What happens to the boat as the student jumps? Explain which of Newton's laws supports your answer.”
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