PhET Simulation Online Lab: Forces & Motion
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- This bundle contains three of my popular PhET Interactive Simulation online physics labs. The online labs included in this bundle cover forces and motion as they relate to Newton’s laws of motion. (1) PhET Simulation: Forces and Motion Online Lab(2) PhET Simulation: Newton’s Laws of Motion Online LaPrice $11.00Original Price $14.00Save $3.00
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Looking for a great activity to start your unit on Newton’s laws of motion? Don’t want to give a big lecture or start with a bunch of mathematical calculations? Students love PhET Interactive Simulations and this guided inquiry activity on forces and motion is a great way to get started. Have fun and learn at the same time.
I find this to be a great guided inquiry activity that will work well for students from middle school through high school. This activity will guide students as they investigate different force scenarios and how they affect the motion of objects. They will be able to determine the magnitude and direction of the net force acting on an object, describe the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces acting on an object and why an object doesn’t move even when forces are being applied to it.
This online lab activity uses the Forces and Motion: Basics HTML5 simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations. The simulation can be run from most cellphones, tablets and computers. Nothing to download or install. The link for the simulation is: https://tinyurl.com/kdrfxmb.
This product is part of a series of three products covering Newton’s laws of motion. The other two products are:
PhET Simulation: Newton's Laws of Motion
PhET Simulation: Force of Friction
All three can also be purchased as a money saving Bundle.
You and your students can get a full explanation of Newton' Three Laws of Motion from my Step by Step Science YouTube video: Newton's Three Laws of Motion, An Explanation
PhET simulations incorporate research based, student centered activities that are fun and easy to use. All of the PhET simulations are available from their website: phet.colorado.edu.
After completion of this activity you can have further discussions about the types of forces acting on an object, drawing free body diagrams, and the relationship between mass, force and acceleration as described by Newton’s second law of motion.
This product includes:
(1) The activity worksheets.
(2) An answer key for the worksheets.
(3) Notes covering a full description of Newton’s laws of motion.
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