The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate Newton's 3rd Law of Motion, which is the physical law that governs thrust in aircraft. The students will do several activities that show that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Concepts

engineering, laws of motion, thrust, stem, newton's third law of motion

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Additional Tags

reaction, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, newton's third law, teachengineering, airplane

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)