Newton’s TOP

SECRET
Journal
Recovered by Nurayda Albeez, Pranavi Kumar,
Kate Wilson, and Gesi Hajredini

Miss Hughes Second Hour Class

2020-2021
 April 13, 1686

April 14, 1686 During the first draft of my letter to the King, the cursed ink jar
spilled over my parchment once again. Filled with rage, I crumpled the
parchment and threw it at the waste bin. The parchment fell at the foot

of the bin, and I rose to throw it again. I realized that when the
Dear King James ll, parchment was soaring through the air, a force was not needed to keep

it moving. Consequently, I came to the realization that a force is not

needed to keep something moving. So, if an object is moving at a certain
speed, it will continue moving at that speed forever unless something
pulls or pushes on it (like gravity).

While drafting the first of this letter, my

ink jar spilled over my parchment, and I April 14, 1686

was forced to crumble and throw it away. When I was at the post office to deliver my letter to the King, I
Then, an idea hit me like that apple the spotted an ink jar on the postman’s desk. The ink jar was motionless,
and I noted that a force was not causing this. This led me to believe

other day, and I began thinking about force that a force is not needed to keep something still. So, if an object is not
moving, it will continue not moving until something pulls or pushes on

and motion. I realized that a force is it.

simply a push or pull on an object, and

motion is simply the process of movement. April 16, 1686

As of now, I believe that I am on track of

I was walking to the mill when I encountered a few children

making a groundbreaking discovery and playing ball. As I observed them from afar, I noticed that the

children needed to kick the ball to make it go faster, slower, or

shall inform you once I reach my change direction. So, I hypothesized that a force is needed to make
an object go faster, slower, or change direction.

conclusion.

April 18, 1686

Best regards,

At church this morning, Pope Edwards talked while sitting on a chair.

I started drifting off and my thoughts came to the chair. Its motion

did not change for a very long time. But what is a change in motion?
A change in motion can be a change in an object’s speed, direction, or
Isaac Newton

both.

April 22, 1686
Dear King James ll,
In my previous letter, I wrote to you
saying that I believed I was on track of
making a groundbreaking discovery and
would inform you once I reached my
conclusion. I am ecstatic to share my first
revelation called Newton’s First Law of
Motion. This law states that an object’s
motion cannot change unless a force acts on
the object. However, that is not all. There
are a few more mysteries I need to solve
and am looking forward to sharing them
with you in the near future.
Sincerely,
Isaac Newton
April 25, 1686
I went over to Jane’s place yesterday and helped her bring in new stock
for her store. Little Billy helped out too but insisted on pushing the
small, light crates instead of the big, heavy ones because they were easier
to push. I suddenly understood and explained to him that the big, heavy
crates were harder to push than the small, light crates because, to
equally change the motion of two objects of different mass, more force
must be applied to the more-massive object.
April 27, 1686
I took a short stroll through the woods this afternoon and came
across a group of lumberjacks pulling freshly cut logs. Some of the
lumberjacks were pulling thick logs while others were pulling thin
ones. The lumberjacks were racing to the end of the woods to see who
was the fastest and strongest. I predicted who would win because the
man who used the most force to pull the log would create the greatest
acceleration. Therefore, the bigger the force applied to an object, the
greater the resulting acceleration.
April 28, 1686
While assisting father at his farm, I was asked to push the
farming equipment back into the barn. The heavier tools were more
difficult to push than the lighter ones. This experience supported my
claim from a few days ago that to equally change the motion of
two objects of different mass, more force must be applied to the
more-massive object.
April 30, 1686
This evening, I traveled to the city with my fellow scientists. We
traveled in carriages, one with 4 people and one with 2. In order for
the carriages to accelerate, the horses had to apply a larger force. The
travel was long, and I pondered on how I could find the force relative
to the mass and the acceleration. After several hours, I came up with
this: the net force(F) needed to accelerate(a) any mass(m) is summed up
in the equation F = ma.

May 3, 1686
Dear King James ll,
I am writing to reveal to you the second puzzle I
have finally completed. In my last letter, I wrote
that I had lots of mysteries to solve and am jubilant
to share Newton’s Second Law of Motion. This law
states that to equally change the motion of two
objects of different mass, more force must be applied
to the more-massive object. In addition, the bigger
the force applied to an object, the greater the
resulting acceleration. I have even come up with an
equation to represent this. The net force(F) needed to
accelerate(a) any mass(m) is summed up in the
equation F = ma. I hope to complete my discoveries
on force and motion soon and am overjoyed of the
interest you’ve shown in them.
Your Loyal Subject,
Isaac Newton
May 7, 1686
This year, after becoming fed up with Mr. Baker showing off his
gardening skills, I decided to start a garden of my own. The first step
was digging holes to place the seeds in. As I used my shovel to stab the
dirt with anger, the shovel seemed to bounce back at me. It was as if the
force I exerted onto the ground came back at me. I am starting to
believe that all forces occur in pairs.
May 8, 1686
I was forced to babysit Little Billy again while his parents traveled
to the city. He wouldn’t stop jumping on the bed. As he jumped, his
weight caused the springs in the bed to tighten and then push him back
up in the air. When Little Billy exerted a force on the bed, the bed
applied the same force to Little Billy. Did the second force occur in
the opposite direction for the same amount of time as the first? Was
it the same size?
May 10, 1686
Jane and I took a stroll in the market today. I couldn’t help but
wonder about what forces took place while we walked. After a
while, I reached the conclusion that while walking, we exert a force
on the ground, and the ground exerts the same sized force back on
us in the opposite direction for the same amount of time.
May 13, 1686
I was cooking with Mom last night and she was making my favorite
stew. She asked me to place the pot over the fire and I finalized my
hypothesis. While hanging over the blazing fire, the pot exerted a force
on the fire, and the fire exerted the same sized force back on the pot in
the opposite direction for the same amount of time. So, when an object
exerts a force on a second object, the second object applies the same
sized force in the opposite direction and for the same amount of time
to the first object.
 May 14, 1686
Dear King James ll,
At last, my force and motion discoveries
have come to an end. Newton’s Third Law
is now complete. This law states that when
an object exerts a force on a second object,
the second object applies the same sized
force in the opposite direction and for the
same amount of time to the first object. I
cannot wait to share these discoveries with
the rest of the world, and I can only hope
that they will help lead mankind to a
brighter, better future.
Your Good Friend,
Isaac Newton
Summary
Newton’s First Law of Motion: This law states that an
object’s motion cannot change unless a force acts on the
object.
Newton’s Second Law of Motion: This law states that to
equally change the motion of two objects of different mass,
more force must be applied to the more-massive object. In
addition to this, the law states that the bigger the force
applied to an object, the greater the resulting acceleration.
Newton’s Third Law: This law states that when an object
exerts a force on a second object, the second object applies the
same sized force in the opposite direction and for the same
amount of time to the first object.