Forces and Motion
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Topics
- Force
- Position
- Velocity
- Acceleration
Description
Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time. View a Free Body Diagram of all the forces (including gravitational and normal forces).
Sample Learning Goals
- Predict, qualitatively, how an external force will affect the speed and direction of an object's motion.
- Explain the effects with the help of a free body diagram.
- Use free body diagrams to draw position, velocity, acceleration and force graphs and vice versa.
- Explain how the graphs relate to one another.
- Given a scenario or a graph, sketch all four graphs.
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
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| Forces and Motion activity 1: Predicting speed and directions changes (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
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| Force and Motion activity 2: Relating graphs and free body diagrams using Moving Man and Forces 1D (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
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| Forces and Motion: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces, and Predicting Changes in Motion (Inquiry Based) |
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Emily Moore, Kathy Perkins, Trish Loeblein, Courtney Fadley | MS | Lab | |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Lab | Physics | |
| Types of Forces Investigation |
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Elyse Zimmer | HS | Lab | Physics | |
| Forces and Motion Lesson |
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UTeach Middle School PhET Team | MS | Lab | Physics | |
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Trish Loeblein updated by Diana López | HS MS |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Earth Science Chemistry Biology Physics |
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| Force and Acceleration | Wafa Hajooni | MS UG-Intro HS |
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| forces and motion elhaam | elhaam AL-shahtoor | UG-Intro | Remote | Physics | ||
| Forces and Motion - Friction and Free Body Diagrams | Matthew Mellor | HS | Guided Remote HW Lab |
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| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
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| Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics | Jaya Ramchandani | HS | Other | Physics | ||
| PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C | Roberta Tanner | HS | Other | Physics | ||
| Force and Motion | Julius Anderson | MS | Demo Guided |
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| Kinematics | Wang Yunhe | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Forces & Motion | Stephanie Weber | MS | Lab | Physics Mathematics |
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| Force and Motion | Caroline Kenneally | UG-Intro HS |
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| 大一物理引導式自我發現 (中文/英文): 動力學 (牛頓定律) | Aien Charity Grace White (白愛恩), Byron Lin (林彥孝), Ammanuel Assefa, Janet Chen (陳衫豫), Jonathon David White (白小明) | UG-Intro HS |
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| Gamificação da Força e movimento | Darkson F. Costa; José M. V. Gomes; Dommenike M. Silva; Gilvandenys L. Sales. | UG-Intro HS MS |
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| Atividade de Força e Movimento | Darkson F. Costa, Jeirla A.Monteiro, Gilvandenys L. Sales | MS | Lab Discuss |
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| Forças em Ação | Alline Alencar Macedo e Mairton Romeu Cavalcante | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Força de Atrito | Marcus Duarte | HS | Lab | |||
| Fuerza y Movimiento | Sarah Borenstein (Traducción Mayra Tavares) | MS | Lab | Physics |
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