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    This document outlines an activity for students to learn Newton's three laws of motion through hands-on experiments. [1] The first experiment demonstrates Newton's first law by showing that a coin will remain stationary on a card that is flicked away, due to the coin's inertia. [2] The second experiment uses a marble rolling down an adjustable ramp to show that increasing the force applied by raising the ramp's height increases the marble's acceleration, relating to Newton's second law. [3] The third experiment uses spring scales to show that when two objects interact, the forces they exert on each other are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, relating to Newton's third law.

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    This document outlines an activity for students to learn Newton's three laws of motion through hands-on experiments. [1] The first experiment demonstrates Newton's first law by showing that a coin will remain stationary on a card that is flicked away, due to the coin's inertia. [2] The second experiment uses a marble rolling down an adjustable ramp to show that increasing the force applied by raising the ramp's height increases the marble's acceleration, relating to Newton's second law. [3] The third experiment uses spring scales to show that when two objects interact, the forces they exert on each other are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, relating to Newton's third law.

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    This document outlines an activity for students to learn Newton's three laws of motion through hands-on experiments. [1] The first experiment demonstrates Newton's first law by showing that a coin will remain stationary on a card that is flicked away, due to the coin's inertia. [2] The second experiment uses a marble rolling down an adjustable ramp to show that increasing the force applied by raising the ramp's height increases the marble's acceleration, relating to Newton's second law. [3] The third experiment uses spring scales to show that when two objects interact, the forces they exert on each other are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, relating to Newton's third law.

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    GENERAL SANTOS DOCTORS’ MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION, INC.

    Bulaong Subdivision, Barangay West, General Santos City 9500


    Tel No.: (083) 302-3507, Telefax No.: (083) 552-9793

    Subject: General Physics (Physics0) Date: ________________


    Name of Student: __________________________________________ Course/ year: ________________

    Newton’s Laws of Motion

    Individual Activity

    I. Objectives:
    a. To learn and experience examples of Newton’s three laws of motion.

    II. Materials
     Marble or other small sphere
     Plastic Cup
     Two meter sticks taped together in a “v” shape
     Index Card
     Three spring scales
     Coin
     Stopwatch

    III. Background
    An understanding of the motion of planes and rockets requires a general knowledge of
    Newton’s three laws. The following activities are specific to each of the laws and will help
    students see relationships between all three.

    IV. Instructions

    1. Procedure A

    Newton’s First Law is generally stated as, “Things in motion tend to remain in motion,
    and things at rest tend to remain at rest.” The tendency to stay at rest or, once moving, in
    motion, is called INERTIA. Things move or stop only if acted upon by another force.

    a. Set a container on a table.


    b. Place a card on top of the container and place a coin on top of the card.
    c. Flick the card away with your finger.
    d. Did the coin have inertia? Explain.
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    e. What force acted on the card to set it in motion?
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    f. What force acted on the coin after step c? (If the card is flipped out of the way fast
    enough, the coin will remain over the container and fall into it.)
    ______________________________________________________________________
    g. How does this show that objects at rest want to stay at rest?
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    h. How does this demonstration Newton’s first law of motion?
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    2. Procedure B

    Newton’s Second Law is “Acceleration of an object increases as the force causing


    acceleration increases.”

    a. Prepare a ramp about 1 meter long.


    b. Lift one end of the ramp and place a pencil under it.
    c. Roll a marble down the ramp and time the roll from one end to the other.
    d. Lift the ramp higher.
    e. Place a book under the lifted end and start the marble on a ramp with one end pencil
    high. As the marble starts out, lift the end of the ramp higher.

    f. What was the effect on the speed of the marble?


    ______________________________________________________________________
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    g. Compare the results of the first two experiments.
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    h. What was the result?
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    i. What was the force that was acting on the marble?
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    j. How was it increased?
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    k. What was the effect of this Increase?
    ______________________________________________________________________
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    3. Procedure C
    Newton’s Third law is, “For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.”
    a. Take two spring scales and hook them together.
    b. Have two students pull on the scales in opposite directions. Record the readings from
    both scales.
    ______________________________________________________________________
    c. Place a third scale between the other two. Record the readings from all three.
    ______________________________________________________________________
    d. What were the differences in the readings for the two scales?
    ______________________________________________________________________
    e. What were the differences when three scales were used? (The readings should all be
    the same in each experiment.)
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    Extension:
    Have the students apply the principles of Newton’s laws to the description of:

    1. A plane taking off and climbing to 2,000 feet while accelerating to 120 miles per hour.
    ________________________________________________________________________
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    2. A three-stage rocket launched into orbit around the Earth then sent on to the moon.
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    3. Which of Newton’s laws are being applied in each case and at what point are they being
    applied?
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________

    V. Conclusion.
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