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Newton’s 1st Law Lab


● Go to the PhET simulation Forces & Motion. https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/forces-and-motion-
basics/latest/forces-and-motion-basics_en.html
● Select “Net Force”
● Click to show Sum of Forces and Values.

Activity #1: Tug of War


● Try different combinations of pullers on each side, and describe what happens when the forces are
balanced.

Activity #2: Friction and Balanced Forces


Part 1:
● Click on “Friction” at the bottom of
the simulation.
● Click to show Forces, Sum of
Forces, Values, Masses, and Speed.
● Click the Pause button.
● Choose an Applied Force.
● Adjust the friction slider and the
applied force so they are balanced.
The “Sum of Forces” should read
Sum of Forces = 0.
● Press the Play button. Observe
what happens to the speed of a non-moving object on which balanced forces are acting.
Determine the acceleration of this object.

Part 2:
● Change the applied force until the
speed is somewhere between 5 m/s
and 10 m/s. Then click the Pause
button.
● Now adjust the friction slider and
applied force so they are balanced.
The “Sum of Forces” should read
Sum of Forces = 0.
● Press the Play button. Observe
what happens to the speed of a
moving object on which balanced
forces are acting. Determine the acceleration of this object.

Repeat parts 1 & 2 with different masses to determine whether mass has an effect on the outcome.

Conclusion: What can you conclude about the motion of objects when forces are balanced?

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2016 Tom Erekson, Lone Peak High School
Newton’s 2nd Law Lab (Modeling-friendly lab)

● Go to the PhET simulation Forces & Motion. https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/forces-and-motion-


basics/latest/forces-and-motion-basics_en.html
● Select “Acceleration”
● Click to show Forces, Sum of Forces, Values, Mass, and Acceleration.

Experiment #1: Acceleration vs. Force


In this lab you will determine the relationship between acceleration and net force.
● Choose a mass at the beginning, and keep it constant for this entire experiment.
● Set the friction to zero. This will make your Applied Force equal to the net force.
● Record data for five different values of Applied Force.
● Graph Acceleration vs. Net Force.
○ If it is linear, write the equation of the line.
○ If it is not linear, Linearize the graph, and find the equation of the linearized graph.

Mass Applied Acceleration


(kg) Force (N) (m/s²)

Experiment #2: Acceleration vs. Mass


In this lab you will determine the relationship between acceleration and mass.
● Choose an Applied Force at the beginning, and keep it constant for this entire experiment.
● Set the friction to zero. This will make your Applied Force equal to the net force.
● Record data for five different values of Mass.
● Graph Acceleration vs. Mass.
○ If it is linear, write the equation of the line.
○ If it is not linear, Linearize the graph, and find the equation of the linearized graph.

Applied Mass (kg) Acceleration


Force (N) (m/s²)

2016 Tom Erekson, Lone Peak High School


Experiment #1:

Experiment #2:

2016 Tom Erekson, Lone Peak High School


Post-Lab Analysis & Questions- Newton’s 2nd Law Lab

What is the proportional relationship between Acceleration and Force?

What is the proportional relationship between Acceleration and Mass?

Make a new column for experiment #1 and experiment #2. Label this column F*1/m.
Fill out the new column for both experiments with F * 1/m. Round to one decimal.

What do you notice about the quantity F * 1/m when compared to acceleration?

Predict what would happen to the acceleration of an object if its mass were to double, but the applied force
remained the same?

Predict what would happen to the acceleration of an object if its mass were to remain the same, but the applied
force were to double?

2016 Tom Erekson, Lone Peak High School

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