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Newton's Laws

Newton's Laws Gallery

Force

12 photos

The Newton's Laws Gallery features photos of tug-of-war competitions, hockey players, water striders, colliding objects, hovercrafts, and more. The photos illustrate the concepts associated with inertia, force and acceleration. This gallery provides a brief and illustrative overview of the chapter and coordinates with all lessons of the Newton's Laws chapter of The Physics Classroom Tutorial.

Parachutes and Skydiving Gallery

Séquence ouverture parachuteur.

18 photos

The Parachutes and Skydiving Gallery features photos of skydivers, BASE jumpers, parachutes, skydiving formations, tandem skydivers, wingsuiters, sky surfers, and more. The photos illustrate the concepts associated with air resistance and terminal velocity. This gallery coordinates with Lesson 3 of the Newton's Laws chapter of The Physics Classroom Tutorial.

Flying Squirrels Gallery

Flying squirrel gliding.

7 photos

The Flying Squirrels Gallery features photos of skydivers, BASE jumpers, parachutes, skydiving formations, tandem skydivers, wingsuiters, sky surfers, and more. The photos illustrate the concepts associated with air resistance and terminal velocity. This gallery coordinates with Lesson 3 of the Newton's Laws chapter of The Physics Classroom Tutorial.


Photos from The Physics Classroom's Flickr Group

Lesson 1: Newton's First Law of Motion

Lesson 1 discusses the concept of inertia and mass and explains the meaning of Newton's first law of motion - the law of inertia. Items in the group's pool include photos of air hockey discs, odd objects in an equilibrium state, drawings of Newton and Galilleo, cartoons, and much more. Photos complement many of the discussions from Lesson 1 of the Newton's Laws chapter of The Physics Classroom Tutorial.

See more in the The Physics Classroom Flickr Group - Unit 2, Lesson 1 Photos
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Lesson 2: Force and Its Representation

Lesson 2 discusses the concept of force, the types of common forces and the use of free-body diagrams to represent the forces acting upon an object. Items in the group's pool include photos of rockets, base jumpers, skydivers, construction cranes, parachutes, boulders, cartoons, and much more. Photos complement many of the discussions from Lesson 2 of the Newton's Laws chapter of The Physics Classroom Tutorial.

See more in the The Physics Classroom Flickr Group - Unit 2, Lesson 2 Photos
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Lesson 3: Newton's Second Law of Motion

Lesson 3 describes thc conceptual and mathematical aspect of Newton's second law. The use of force analyses and free-body diagrams to analyze many physical situations are discussed.Items in the group's pool include cphotos of skydivers, parachutes, falling coffee filters, wind tunnels, billiards, base jumping, rockets baseball pitching, and much more. Photos complement many of the discussions from Lesson 3 of the Newton's Laws chapter of The Physics Classroom Tutorial.

See more in the The Physics Classroom Flickr Group - Unit 2, Lesson 3 Photos
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Lesson 4: Newton's Third Law of Motion

Lesson 4 discusses Newton's third law of motion - the law of action and reaction. Items in the group's pool include photos of rocket engines, rockets, sprinters at the blocks, sketches and statues of Newton, and much more. Photos complement many of the discussions from Lesson 4 of the Newton's Laws chapter of The Physics Classroom Tutorial.

See more in the The Physics Classroom Flickr Group - Unit 2, Lesson 4 Photos
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