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The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the core idea of forces and motion by having them explore projectile motion and determine ”How Do Changes to the Launch Angle, the Initial Velocity, and the Mass of a Projectile Affect Its Hang Ti...
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The purpose of this lab is for students to apply what they know about the core idea of forces and motion to determine ”How Do the Direction and Rate of Rotation of a Spinning Surface Affect the Path of an Object Moving Across That Surface?” The T...
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The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the core idea of forces and motion by having them determine ”What Is the Mathematical Relationship Among the Net Force Exerted on an Object, the Object’s Inertial Mass, and Its Acceleration?” ...
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The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the core idea of forces and motion by having them explore ”How Does the Mass of the Counterweight Affect the Acceleration of a Pulley System?” The Teacher Notes provide the connections to standa...
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The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the core idea of forces and motion by having them explore ”What Is the Mathematical Relationship Between the Angle of Incline and the Acceleration of an Object Down the Incline?” The Teacher Not...
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The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the core idea of forces and motion by having them determine how different types of oils change the coefficient of kinetic friction between two metal plates to explain ”Why Are Some Lubricants Bet...
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Falling Objects and Air Resistance
The purpose of this lab is for students to apply what they know about the core idea of forces and motion to determine ”How Does the Surface Area of a Parachute Affect the Force Due to Air Resistance as an Object Falls Toward the Ground?” The Teac...
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The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the core idea of forces and motion by giving them an opportunity to explore factors that affect the rotation of an object to determine ”How Do the Mass and the Distribution of Mass in an Object Af...
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The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the core idea of forces and motion by giving them an opportunity to explore the nature of circular motion and determine ”How Does Changing the Angular Velocity of the Swinging Mass at the Top of a...
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The purpose of this lab is for students to apply what they know about the core idea of forces and motion to determine ”How Can Someone Predict the Amount of Force Needed to Open a Bottle Cap?” The Teacher Notes provide the connections to standard...
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Simple Harmonic Motion and Pendulums
The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the core idea of forces and motion by giving them an opportunity to explore simple harmonic motion and the behavior of pendulums to determine ”What Variables Affect the Period of a Pendulum?” Th...
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Simple Harmonic Motion and Springs
The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the core idea of forces and motion by having them explore the simple harmonic motion and determine ”What Is the Mathematical Model of the Simple Harmonic Motion of a Mass Hanging From a Spring?”...
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Simple Harmonic Motion and Rubber Bands
The purpose of this lab is for students to apply what they know about the core idea of forces and motion to determine if a mass hanging from a rubber band obeys Hooke’s law, and, if so, ”Under What Conditions Do Rubber Bands Obey Hooke’s Law?�...
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Linear Momentum and Collisions
The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the core idea of forces and motion by giving them the opportunity to explore the conservation of momentum during a collision to determine ”When Two Objects Collide and Stick Together, How Do the I...
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The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the core idea of forces and motion by giving students an opportunity to explore impulses and momentum to determine ”How Does Changing the Magnitude and Duration of a Force Acting on an Object Affe...