Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws
A four-lesson e-textbook covering topics in Newton's Laws. Tutorials include informational text,animations, interactive activities, and quick, interactive comprehension checks throughout the lessons.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Newton's Triple Play: Baseball Science
In this lesson, students watch a video and animations that relate Isaac Newton's three laws of motion to baseball and apply what they've learned about these laws to another sport or other real-life situation.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Physics: Problem Solving Strategies
In the following interactive students will begin to understand and apply a problem-solving procedure to solve problems using Newton's laws of motion.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Two Stage Balloon Rocket
Learners will build a multi-stage balloon rocket that they can launch across the classroom while learning about real space flight and Newton's laws of motion.
Physics4kids
Physics4 kids.com: Newton's Laws of Motion
Get a brief overview of Newton's three laws of motion. Examples with diagrams are used to explain each law. An online quiz is available to test your understanding of these topics.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Newton's Second Law: Constant Force Applied to a Skateboarder
In this lab activity, students will become familiar with Newton's 2nd Law of Motion. By investigating the motion of different skateboarders pulled with a variety of constant force values, they will discover that bodies acted on by a...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Physics Tug of War
In this activity, students will learn about Newton's 2nd Law of Motion. They will learn that the force required to move a book is proportional to the weight of the book. Engineers use this relationship to determine how much force they...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Newton Rocket Car
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate Newton's third law of motion - which states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction - through a small wooden car. The Newton cars show how action/reaction works and how the mass...
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry Chicago: Online Science: Drop Eggs Into Cups
Step-by-step illustrated instructions showing how to drop four eggs into four cups without touching them. Demonstrates the concept of inertia according to Newton's first law of motion.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Motion and Forces in Two Dimensions: What Is a Projectile
Students apply both kinematic principles and Newton's laws of motion to understand and explain the motion of objects moving in two dimensions, more specifically, the motion of projectiles.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Universal Law of Gravity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using Newton's Law of Gravity and the equations of uniform circular motion, students solve problems involving the force of gravity.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Physics Quizzes: Newton's Three Laws
Assess your understanding of Newton's three laws of motion and the ability to distinguish between the three with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Receive immediate feedback to your answers.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What Is Newton's Second Law?
After a review of force, types of forces, and Newton's first law, students are introduced to Newton's second law of motion: force = mass x acceleration.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Newton's 3rd Law: Coin Flick
In this elementary physics investigation, students explore Newton's 3rd Law of Motion: To every action there is an equal & opposite reaction. Pairs of students will line up 5 pennies, (touching each other), between 2 rulers. The row...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Science of Swinging
Young scholars learn what a pendulum is and how it works in the context of amusement park rides. While exploring the physics of pendulums, they are also introduced to Newton's first law of motion - about continuous motion and inertia.
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: The Hobby Shop: The Rocket
Design your own virtual rocket, and then test launch it. Watch tutorials about Newton's laws of motion and rocket basics to help you improve your rocket's performance.
NASA
Nasa: Drag, Lesson 4
This video [12:28] shows how Newton's law of motion relates to the drag of an airplane. Watch as an instructor shows how the molecules colliding with the airplane create drag.
NASA
Nasa: Rockets Educator Guide: How Rockets Work
In this article, learn how rockets work. Discover Newton's Law of Motion and learn how it supports rocketry.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Distance and Speed of Rolling Objects
This project is an experiment in classical physics. You'll be following in Galileo's footsteps, and investigating Newton's laws of motion, but you'll be taking advantage of modern video recording technology to make your measurements. The...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Gravitational Force & Newton's Second Law of Motion
This lesson explains how gravitational force is related to free fall, acceleration due to gravity, and Newton's second law of motion.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Newton's Laws: Newton's Law of Inertia the Motorcyclist
Without a seat belt, the rider of a motorcycle is more likely to maintain its state of motion after running into an obstacle. The animation here depicts this scenario.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: 4.5 Normal, Tension, and Other Examples of Force
By the end of this section, you will be able to define normal and tension forces, apply Newton's laws of motion to solve problems involving a variety of forces, and use trigonometric identities to resolve weight into components.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Inertia and Mass
This is part of a lesson on Newton's Laws of Motion that focuses on inertia and mass. It restates Newton's first law of motion. The lesson also gives a helpful visual description concerning friction.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Amusement Park Physics: Roller Coaster
This interesting and interactive exhibit demonstrates how Newton's Laws of Motion impact the design and safety of roller coasters.