Name: ___________________________________________________ Class Period: ________ Date: ______________
Investigating Newton’s Laws
Directions: Using your knowledge of Newton’s Laws and your science journal, you will go through a series of tasks to
investigate how Newton’s Laws of physics are always at work around us. USE COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!
Station 1: Throw the ball
1. Describe the ball’s path through the air. ___________________________________________________________
2. What force makes the ball move in that way? _____________________________________________________
3. If there were no gravity on earth and you threw the ball, what would it’s path and speed be like? _____________
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4. Which of Newton’s Laws applies to this scenario? _______________________________________________________
Station 2: Best Of Long Distance Shots
5. As the ball leaves Trae’s hand, which energy is being displayed? Potential or Kinetic? _____________
6. Explain your answer._________________________________________________________________
7. As the ball swishes through the basket, what type of energy is being displayed? _________________
8. Why does the ball slow down as it passes through the basket? ___________________________________________.
9. Which of Newton’s Laws is being displayed as the ball slows down? _______________________________________
Station 3: Spill the Beads
10. What forces are acting on the beads? ______________________________________________________________
11. How can you explain the behavior of the beads?
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12. Which of Newton’s Laws is being displayed as the beads fall down? ________________________________________
13. Which of Newton’s Laws explains the arch formed by the beads? __________________________________________
Station 4: Rolly-Chair Throw
14. What happened when you threw the ball? ___________________________________________________________
15. You threw the ball in one direction, but you and your chair rolled in the opposite direction. This is an example of
Newton’s _______ Law.
Station 5: Cars
16. Assuming you applied the same force to both scenarios, which car moves faster?
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17. Assuming the force you applied to each car was 4 N, what would be the acceleration for each car?
Car 1 (no extra weight) : __________________
Car 2 (extra weight): _____________________
18. This is an example of Newton’s _____________ Law.
Station 6: Formula 1
19. What was the total distance traveled during the race? __________________________________________________
20. What was Max Verstappen’s speed during the race? ____________________________________________________
21. What was Checo Perez’ speed during the race? ________________________________________________________
22. How much faster was Verstappen going compared to Perez?
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Station 7: Air Pucks
23. Imagine an air puck with limitless air supply. Once the air puck starts moving, would it continue moving forever?
Why or why not?
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24. Which of Newton’s laws of motion are at play in this demonstration? Explain
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