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Identifying Forces Lab

This document provides instructions for a lab identifying different types of forces. The pre-lab questions ask students to list types of forces and identify two forces in the classroom. It then describes 8 stations where students will observe objects and draw free body diagrams labeling the forces acting on the objects. The objects include a hanging mass, floating ping pong ball, book on a table, floating magnet, syringe of air, rolling car, marble in a pan, and falling ball.

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Identifying Forces Lab

This document provides instructions for a lab identifying different types of forces. The pre-lab questions ask students to list types of forces and identify two forces in the classroom. It then describes 8 stations where students will observe objects and draw free body diagrams labeling the forces acting on the objects. The objects include a hanging mass, floating ping pong ball, book on a table, floating magnet, syringe of air, rolling car, marble in a pan, and falling ball.

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IDENTIFYING FORCES Lab

PRE-LAB QUESTIONS
1. List some “types” of forces that you have heard of before (not related to Star Wars).

2. List 2 forces that you can identify in this classroom.

3. When you drop a feather in the air, the feather is being _________________ by the Earth and pushed by _________________.

STATION LABELED DRAWING FREE BODY DIAGRAM FORCE RELATIONSHIPS

A ____________________ on the mass by the


1 ____________________.
Hanging
Mass A ____________________ on the mass by the
____________________.

A ____________________ on the ball by the


2 ____________________.
Floating
Ping-Pong A ____________________ on the ball by the
Ball ____________________.

A ____________________ on the book by the


3 ____________________.
Book on
Table A ____________________ on the book by the
____________________.
A ____________________ on the magnet by
4 the ____________________.
Floating
Magnet A ____________________ on the magnet by
the ____________________.

A ____________________ on the syringe by


5 the ____________________.
Syringe of
Air A ____________________ on the syringe by
the ____________________.

A ____________________ on the car by the


____________________.
6
Rolling Car A ____________________ on the car by the
____________________.

A ____________________ on the marble by the


7 ____________________.
Marble in
Pan A ____________________ on the marble by the
____________________.

A ____________________ on the ball by the


____________________.
8
Falling Ball A ____________________ on the ball by the
____________________.

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