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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Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
MC | Physics |
| Algebra-based Physics Semester one lessons, clicker questions, and schedule in pdf (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
Demo Lab HW |
Physics |
| Forces and Motion activity 1: Predicting speed and directions changes (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Lab CQs |
Physics |
| 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 | UG-Intro HS |
Lab CQs |
Physics |
| 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 | |
| Forces and Motion |
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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 | |
| Rules for Forces |
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jim cibulka | MS HS |
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| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Biology Physics Chemistry Earth Science |
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| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Chemistry Biology Earth Science Physics |
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| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
Other | Chemistry Biology Physics |
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| 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 | HS UG-Intro |
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| Forças em Ação | Alline Alencar Macedo e Mairton Romeu Cavalcante | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Força de Atrito | Marcus Duarte | HS | Lab |
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