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Equal and Opposite Thrust in Aircraft: You're a Pushover!

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It's the law—every action requires a reaction, no matter how small. Pupils experience two demonstrations of Newton's third law of motion as it relates to thrust in the 10th segment of a 22-part unit on flight. Using their mathematical skills, learners solve for missing values in the equation form of Newton's third law.

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Concepts

acceleration, flight, newton's laws of motion, mass, sir isaac newton, thrust, aviation, force, newton's third law of motion, aeronautics, technology resources

Additional Tags

acceleration, airplanes, flight, mass, newton, thrust

Instructional Ideas

Show a video of Newton's third law in action

Classroom Considerations

Assumes students know about mass
Needs space along a wall to line up class members

Pros

Contains ideas for extensions
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Cons

None

Common Core

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