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3.2 Newton’s Laws of Motion

General Science · Grade 11 · 10 lessons in the design

What you will be able to do

  • describe Newton’s laws of motion as used in science
  • examine the effect of inertia on objects
  • investigate the law of conservation of linear momentum
  • distinguish between elastic and inelastic collision in day-to-day life
  • apply Newton’s laws and conservation of linear momentum in day-to-day life
  • examine action and reaction force in real life
  • acknowledge the application of laws of motion in day-to-day life

Key questions

“How do the laws of motion affect our daily lives?”

Lessons

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  1. Newton first law and inertia
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Describe Newton first law of motion and inertia.
  2. Investigating inertia
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Investigate inertia with simple experiments.
  3. Newton second law
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Describe Newton second law of motion.
  4. Calculations with force and motion
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Solve numerical problems using F = m a.
  5. Newton third law
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Describe Newton third law and action and reaction.
  6. Linear momentum
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Define and calculate linear momentum.
  7. Conservation of linear momentum
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Investigate the law of conservation of linear momentum.
  8. Elastic and inelastic collisions
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Distinguish between elastic and inelastic collisions.
  9. Applications of the laws of motion
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Describe applications of the laws of motion in daily life.
  10. Review of Newton laws of motion
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Review the laws of motion, momentum and applications.