Catapults - Newton's second law
This online resource investigates Newton's second law of motion.
In this resource, details are given for a hands-on activity where students make a catapult to learn about Newton's second law of motion.
Newton's second law
Newton car
This online resource investigates Newton’s second law of motion.
The resource is a downloadable student practical activity that focuses on the relationship between mass, acceleration, and force as described in Newton’s second law of motion.
Students use a custom-made wooden "car" and rubber bands to toss a small mass off the car. The car, resting on rollers, is propelled in the opposite direction.
Newton's second law
This online resource investigates Newton's second law of motion.
The resource is an interactive web page that focuses on the concept of Newton’s second law and the link between mass, acceleration and net force.
Interactive quizzes enable students to immediately practice what they learn. Further, 'Check Your Understanding' problems appear at the bottom of the page for students to try.
It also has links to Student Extras and Teacher’s Guides and links to follow-on tutorials are also provided.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U05 (Year 10)
Forces and motion
These online interactives demonstrate the interaction of forces.
The resources are a number of downloadable interactive simulations that help explain the various forces acting on moving objects in terms of the mathematics involved.
Explore the forces at work when you try to push different objects along a flat surface. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the object.
See charts that show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration v time.
The effects of force and mass on motion
This online resource investigates Newton’s second law of motion.
The resource is a student practical activity. Students time how long it takes a dynamics trolley to travel a set distance along a runway under a given force.
The force is then doubled and the time re-measured. Mass is then doubled and the time re-measured.
Teaching notes are included and related experiments are also listed.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U05 (Year 10)
