A slide show for middle school students to learn the laws of motion and forces that cause motion.

1. BILL NYE AND MOTION
NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION
NEWTON’S LAWS MINI LABS

2. Warm-up:
Read (silently to yourself) pages 458-463 in the Red Text
book. Answer the Reading check questions in your notebook.
5/18 – Warm-up: Measuring Motion

4. push
Force
pull
outside force
outside force
inertia
inertia
rest
motion force
Mass (m) Acceleration (a)
opposite
yes
yes
reaction
5/18 – Bill Nye Motion

5. Force (a push or pull)
Forces are measured in ____________?
Examples of forces: _____________________________
Learn more with Bill Nye – Gravity

6. How do you determine the net
force on an object if all the
forces act in the same direction?
You ADD them together!
How do you determine the net
force on an object if the forces
act in a different direction?
You SUBTRACT the smaller
force from the larger one.

9. Warm-up:
Tape in and complete
the warm-up you got
at the door. You
many use your notes
(not your neighbor)..
5/19 – Warm-up: Measuring Motion
They don’t move
Yes, if the object appears not to move or is not moving
as fast or in the same direction of another object.
time
you can tell how long it will take you to get somewhere
Total distance divided by total time
Velocity is speed in a particular direction

10. •Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
•English physicist and
mathematician who is a key
figure in the scientific
revolution.
•He wrote Philosophae
Naturalis Principia
Mathematica which was
published in 1687. This book
discussed the three laws of
motion.

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Check it out! Mythbusters –Newton’s Crane Cradle

14. #3
#1
#2
#3
#3
#1
#1
#2
#1
#2

16. * Place the 0cm end of the
meter stick at the end of the
ramp

18. • WHAT CAUSES MOTION
• WHAT IS FORCE
• WHAT IS NET FORCE AND HOW IS IT CALCULATED
• WHAT IS NEWTON’S FIRST LAW OF MOTION
• WHAT IS NEWTON’S SECOND LAW OF MOTION
• WHAT IS NEWTON’S THIRD LAW OF MOTION
Jera Wisbon
jwisbon@uncc.edu
Newton’s Law of Motion Song