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Thinking Proportionally About Newton's Second Law Video Tutorial
The Proportional Reasoning With \(\descriptive{a}{a,acceleration} = \frac{\descriptive{F}{F,force}}{\descriptive{m}{m,mass}}\) Video Tutorial explains how to use the directly proportional and inversely proportional relationships of Newton's second law to predict an acceleration value. Care is taken to describe how a change in one variable (net force or mass) will affect the acceleration. Several examples are given and explained.
The video lesson answers the following questions:
What effect does doubling, tripling, halving, etc. the net force experienced by an object have upon the acceleration?
What effect does doubling, tripling, halving, etc. the mass of an object have upon the acceleration?
Concept Builder: Net Force (and Acceleration) Ranking Tasks
Students love Concept Builders. They provide a great way to solidify your learning on a topic. This one will cause you to think hard about the effects of net force and mass upon acceleration. There are varying levels of difficulty and instant feedback ... and hopefully plenty of dataways.
Concept Builder: Newton's Second Law - Equations as a Guide to Thinking
Let the equation be your guide as you predict the acceleration that results from a change in net force, a change in mass, or a change in both. Like all our Concept Builders, feedback is provided to your answers and there is a Help buton with question-specific help.
Concept Builder: Fnet = m•a
Use Newton's second law equation to drag out a force of a specific strength and in a specific direction in order to give an object a specified acceleration. When you're done, click a button and see how you did.
Minds On Physics, Part 2: Newton's Laws Module, Missions NL7-NL8
If you're serious about learning Physics, there may be no better tool than Minds On Physics. This rigorous program is available on phones and tablets and will give you the workout you need to strengthen your Physics muscles. Mission NL8 will be a particularly great follow-up to this video.
Teacher Toolkits: Newton's Second Law
Teacher Toolkits provide teachers a collection of annotated links to vetted resources on the internet that are standards-based and multimedia reliant. This particular Toolkit is on Newton's Second Law and should assist a teacher in finding resources for planning lessons that are next steps to this video.
Physics Interactive: Force
Our Interactives section provides short simulations that allow students to manipulate a variable and observe its impact upon a motion. This one is perfect for helping students view the connection between mass, net force, and the resulting acceleration. It comes with two classroom-ready activity sheets.
Concept Builder: Net Force (and Acceleration) Ranking Tasks
Students love Concept Builders. Teachers do also. They provide a great way to solidify your learning on a topic. This one will cause students to think hard about the effects of net force and mass upon acceleration. There are varying levels of difficulty and instant feedback ... and hopefully plenty of dataways.
Concept Builder: Newton's Second Law - Equations as a Guide to Thinking
Students use the Newton's Second Law equation as a guide to thinking in order to predict the acceleration that results from a change in net force, a change in mass, or a change in both. Like all our Concept Builders, feedback is provided to student answers and there is a Help buton with question-specific help.
Concept Builder: Fnet = m•a
Students use the Newton's second law equation to drag out a force of a specific strength and in a specific direction in order to give an object a specified acceleration. When done, a click of a button will provide feedback. There are three levels of difficulty to allow you to differentiate to the needs of all learners.
Minds On Physics, Part 2: Newton's Laws Module, Missions NL7-NL8
For serious learners of Physics, Minds On Physics will provide a rigorous mental challenge. This program is available on phones and tablets and will give students the workout they need to strengthen your Physics muscles and wrap their mind securely around concepts. We love Mission NL8 as a great follow-up to this video on Proportional Reasoning.
Do you like the slides we used? They are available in our low cost Teacher Presentation Pack, along with other updated materials used in our presentation.