Monday, April 16, 2012

Understanding Newton's Laws' Poster

Your first goal today is to create a poster that show your understanding of Newton's Three Laws, using the Barbie examples we have done so far (weighing Barbie, making Barbie a seatbelt, making a Barbie car bumper, and watching Barbie parachute) to illustrate your point.

Content to be covered includes:

  • a example of balanced forces
  • a example of unbalanced forces
  • an explanation of inertia and how that is related to safety features
  • an explanation of the difference between mass and weight
  • an example of net forces
  • a formula on one of the diagrams that shows the net vertical forces
  • a formula on one of the diagrams that shows the net horizontal forces
  • Newton's first, second, and third laws, defined in YOUR own words (not science-babble) and not those of anyone else in the room
The MINIMUM requirement for your poster is a diagram of each of the four Barbie simulations and labeled forces and laws.  This is an individual poster and due on Tuesday.

Secondly, you must hand in WS1/WS2 on the elevator and vertical net force problems.

Tomorrow and Wednesday we will be working with Bungee Barbie.  Thursday will be a quiz and the start of the next unit.

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