Forces and Motion Webquest Links
Part I:� Webquest
Read the directions for each task, then go to each website
and find the information.� On a separate
paper, write the questions and the answers.
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Task 1:
Who was Isaac Newton?�
What important contributions did
he make to science?
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/people/enlightenment/newton.html
Task 2:
When was Isaac Newton born?�
Where was Isaac Newton born?�
How old was he when he died?�
What was Isaac Newton's childhood
like?
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/cosmostar/html/cstars_newt.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/sir-isaac-newton
Task 3:
Look at a picture of Isaac
Newton.� Write 1 or 2 sentences that
describe what he looks like.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/people/enlightenment/newton.html
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Task 4:
What famous story, although there
is no proof, suggests how Isaac Newton made his discoveries about gravity
(three laws of motion)?
http://www.answers.com/topic/sir-isaac-newton
Task 5:
What is
Describe an example of
Has something similar ever
happened to you?
What did
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l1a.cfm
Task 6:
Who is Galileo?
What does Galileo have to do with
Isaac Newton?
http://wind.caspercollege.edu/~marquard/astronomy/europe2.htm
Task 7:
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l1a.cfm
Task 8:
What is
What example was described on this
webpage?
Have you every experienced
something similar?�
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/newtlaws/u2l4a.html
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l1a.cfm
Task 9:
Find one activity for illustrating
each of the three laws.� Be specific.
http://wings.avkids.com/Curriculums/Forces_Motion/index.html
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l1a.cfm
Task 10:
What is a force?
List examples of a the forces
acting on a moving a car.
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215468/force.htm
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l1a.cfm
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Task 11:
What is friction?�
What are the three types of
friction?
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l2b.cfm
Task 12:
How are balanced forces and
unbalanced forces different?�
Which one causes movement?
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/newtlaws/u2l1d.html
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l1a.cfm
Task 13:
What is a force diagram?
Draw a force diagram of the forces
acting on a book on a table.
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l2c.cfm
Task 14:
What is gravity?
How does gravity work in space?
http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/1-what-is-gravity.html
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l1a.cfm
Task 15:
Ticker Tape Analysis - Learn about
how ticker tapes show movement.� Create
dots (use period) that shows a vehicle moving slowly and then accelerating and
going fast.
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/1dkin/u1l2b.cfm
Task 16:
What is a projectile?
What is the single force acting on a projectile?
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/vectors/
Task 17:
What is momentum and how is it calculated?
What is a vector quantity?� How is momentum a vector quantity?
Is an object with a lot of momentum easy or hard to stop?
What is a real world example of momentum?
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/vectors/
Part II Task 18:
1. In the 2008 Olympics, Jamaican sprinter Usain
Bolt shocked the world as he ran the 100-meter dash in 9.69 seconds. Determine
Usain's average speed for the race.
2. An African elephant can reach heights of
13 feet and possess a mass of as much as 6000 kg. Determine the weight of an
African elephant in
3. About twenty percent of the National
Football League weighs more than 300 pounds. At this weight, their Body Mass
Index (BMI) places them at Grade 2 obesity, which is one step below morbid
obesity. Determine the mass of a 300 pound (1330 N) football player.
4. For each collection of listed forces,
determine the vector sum or the net force.
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