Investigating Newton's Third Law: An Inquiry Based Lesson Plan

This lesson provides an inquiry based approach that allows students to discover Newton's 3rd Law. In this lesson, students will use force sensors to measure the magnitude and direction of paired forces. The lab provides multiple experiments that allow the students to observe the magnitude and direction of paired forces for different situations. Upon completing the lab, the teacher can debrief the lab using class data to come up with a consensus for a definition for Newton's 3rd Law. Possible extensions of the lesson include using Newton's 3rd Law to design bottle rockets, or research the rocketry design process at firms such as NASA.

This lesson covers Newtons Third Law only of standard SC.912.P.12.3.

Resource ID#: 76094 Type: Lesson Plan

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General Information

Subject(s): Science

Grade Level(s): 11, 12

Intended Audience: Educators

Suggested Technology: Computer for Presenter, Probes for Data Collection, LCD Projector, Microsoft Office

Instructional Time: 2 Hour(s)

Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes

Keywords: Newton's Third Law, forces, action/reaction pair

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan, Assessment, Image/Photograph, Formative Assessment, Model Eliciting Activity (MEA) STEM Lesson

Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Physical Sciences

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