- we began class by discussing our homework
- I asked the students if anybody would like to share what they wrote for their paragraph on Newton's First Law
- one of the best examples that I heard was a student that used an air hockey table as an example of Newton's First Law
- if the table was infinitely large, one would assume that the puck would move for quite a long time if it was motion ... almost forever
- the only reason that the puck would come to a stop would be that it was acted upon by an outside force
- that force could be friction, a paddle, the air hockey goal ... a number of things
- after discussing our homework paragraph we began to take notes through Newton's Second Law
- Newton's Second Law states that force, mass, and acceleration are all related to one another
- F = ma
- I demonstrated to the students how if a tennis ball with a certain mass can have more force if you increase it's acceleration
- we watched a couple video clips to help cement the concept
- after watching the clips we went through some examples of Newton's First Law
- dominoes
- pulling out a table cloth
- barbie car crash
Homework
- finish the online portion of the Newton's First Law station worksheet
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