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The Concept of Force
Forces & Motion
Newton’s First Law
Newton’s Second Law
The Gravitational Force and Weight
Newton’s Third Law
Some Applications of Newton’s Laws
Forces of Friction
Forces in and on the body
Acceleration Lab

Measure u, v, t, a & s
Compare measured s against predicted s

S = ut + ½ a t 2
Plot Displacement against Time.
Velocity is change in displacement per unit time.
Acceleration is change in velocity per unit time

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Graphical modeling with Excel
Time (s) Displacement (cm) Velocity (v) Acceleration (a)
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Position, velocity, acceleration

• https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dCrkp8qgLU&list=PLybg94GvOJ9HjfcQe
JcNzLUFxa4m3i7FW&index=3
Forces

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Forces video
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fES21E0qebw

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Newton’s Laws of motion video

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-
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Newton’s first law

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Newton’s Second law

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Example

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Gravitational force

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Gravitational Force video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdrnEC7bnYM
Newton’s Third Law

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Free Body

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https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/newton3r.html
https://www.wired.com/2013/10/a-closer-look-at-newtons-
third-law/
 https://www.google.com/search?q=newton%27s+third+law&client=firefox-b-
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 https://www.google.com/search?q=newton%27s+third+law&client=firefox-b-
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Gravitational Force Lab gravity-force-lab_en.html

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/gravity-force-lab
Acceleration due to Gravity lab

Plot Displacement against Time.

Velocity is change in displacement per unit time.
Acceleration is change in velocity per unit time

Source unknown
Acceleration due to Gravity
Displacement (s) Velocity (v) Acceleration (a)
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7

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Equilibrium

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Body Forces

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Frictional Force

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Frictional Force lab Force and motion, with friction.html

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/HTML5/force_motion_1D_frictio
n.html
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Net Force

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Review questions

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Solutions

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