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    Name - Phet Simulation - Forces and Motion: Basics

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    This document provides instructions for students to explore relationships between forces and motion using an online PhET simulation. Students are asked to manipulate figures of different masses on a rope to observe tug of war scenarios and answer questions about net force, balanced forces, and acceleration. They also explore how applied force, friction, and object mass affect the acceleration of crates and refrigerators. The goal is for students to learn how forces cause changes in motion through interactive simulation experiments.

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    This document provides instructions for students to explore relationships between forces and motion using an online PhET simulation. Students are asked to manipulate figures of different masses on a rope to observe tug of war scenarios and answer questions about net force, balanced forces, and acceleration. They also explore how applied force, friction, and object mass affect the acceleration of crates and refrigerators. The goal is for students to learn how forces cause changes in motion through interactive simulation experiments.

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    This document provides instructions for students to explore relationships between forces and motion using an online PhET simulation. Students are asked to manipulate figures of different masses on a rope to observe tug of war scenarios and answer questions about net force, balanced forces, and acceleration. They also explore how applied force, friction, and object mass affect the acceleration of crates and refrigerators. The goal is for students to learn how forces cause changes in motion through interactive simulation experiments.

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    Name - Phet Simulation - Forces and Motion: Basics

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    This document provides instructions for students to explore relationships between forces and motion using an online PhET simulation. Students are asked to manipulate figures of different masses on a rope to observe tug of war scenarios and answer questions about net force, balanced forces, and acceleration. They also explore how applied force, friction, and object mass affect the acceleration of crates and refrigerators. The goal is for students to learn how forces cause changes in motion through interactive simulation experiments.

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    The document explores the relationship between forces and motion through interactive PhET simulations on net force, friction, and other concepts. Key ideas include how varying applied forces can cause acceleration or changes in speed, and how friction impacts whether motion occurs.

    In the tug-of-war simulation, if one side wins by applying a greater net force, the cart will accelerate in that direction. If the forces are balanced, the cart will not change speed or direction. Individual forces can be added or cancel out depending on if they are pulling in the same or opposite directions.

    In the friction simulation, if the applied force is greater than the frictional force, the crate will accelerate in the direction of the applied force. If the applied force is less than friction, the crate will not move. Greater friction requires a higher applied force to overcome it and cause motion.

    NAME _________________________ PhET Simulation - Forces and Motion: Basics

    Learning Target: I will explore the relationship of forces and motion by using an interactive PhET simulation.

    Standard: NGSS MS-PS-2-2

    Finding the simulation: Navigate to the website for the Simulation by clicking the link:
    https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/forces-and-motion-basics/latest/forces-and-motion-basics_en.html

    OR use a search engine to find “PhET Simulation Forces and Motion Basics

    Explore the computer simulation to find answers to the questions.

    Net Force Section – enable measurement functions by checking boxes in top corner

    1. Explore the program by placing red and blue figures on the rope to simulate a tug of war
    a. Which figure can pull with the most force?

    b. What is the exact measurement of force that each figure can pull the rope?
    i. Small –
    ii. Medium –
    iii. Large –

    2. Place 2 small blue figures on the left against 1 medium red figure on the right
    a. What is the resulting motion or speed?

    b. What is the sum of the forces (net force)?

    c. Use a math equation to show how the net force was calculated?

    d. Are the forces balanced or unbalanced? How do you know?

    3. Place 2 small blue figures on the left against 1 large red figure on the right
    a. What is the resulting motion or speed?

    b. What is the sum of the forces (net force)?

    c. Use a math equation to show how the net force was calculated?

    d. Are the forces balanced or unbalanced? How do you know?


    NAME _________________________ PhET Simulation - Forces and Motion: Basics

    4. What happens to the speed of the cart when one side is winning the tug of war?

    a. Is this type of motion considered “acceleration”? Why or why not?

    5. What happens to the speed of the cart when the tug of war is a tie?

    a. Is this type of motion considered “acceleration”? Why or why not?

    6. When 2 small figures are both pulling in the same direction, their individual forces are
    _______________ together.
    7. When 2 small figures are pulling in the opposite direction, their individual forces
    ________________.
    8. An unbalanced force results when the sum of all forces is ____________________ and causes the
    object to ________________.
    9. A balanced force results when the sum of all forces is ____________________ and does not
    cause the object to _____________.

    Friction Section – Be sure to enable the functions at the top corner of the screen.
    10. Set your friction bar to medium, select one 50-kg crate, and slowly apply rightward force using
    the single arrow button.

    a. Stop when applied force reaches 10N


    i. What is the friction force?

    ii. What is the sum of the forces? In which direction?

    iii. Is the crate accelerating (speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction)?

    b. Stop when applied force reaches 100N


    i. What is the friction force?

    ii. What is the sum of the forces? In which direction?

    iii. Is the crate accelerating (speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction)?
    NAME _________________________ PhET Simulation - Forces and Motion: Basics

    c. Stop when applied force reaches 200N


    i. What is the friction force?

    ii. What is the sum of the forces? In which direction?

    iii. Is the crate accelerating (speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction)?

    d. Move applied force back down below 50N, but above 0N and observe
    i. What is the friction force?

    ii. What is the sum of the forces? In which direction?

    iii. Is the crate accelerating (speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction)?

    11. What happens to the box when the frictional force is greater than the applied force?

    12. Compare the applied force required to move a 50-kg crate and the applied force required to move
    something much more massive, like the 200-kg refrigerator
    a. 50-kg crate

    b. 200-kg fridge

    c. Why?

    13. Compare the applied force required to move a 50-kg crate when there is LOTS of friction,
    MEDIUM friction, and NONE friction
    a. LOTS of friction

    b. MEDIUM friction

    c. NONE friction

    If you are done, feel free to continue to experiment in the Net Force and Friction simulations, but you
    may also check out the acceleration and motion simulation if you wish.

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