Elevators!
by David Wirth
This lesson gives students another real life example of Newton's Second Law of Motion. Students will use force diagrams and Newton's Second Law of Motion to find their apparent weight as they accelerate in an elevator. Students will then go to an actual elevator and collect data with their cell phones in order to determine their apparent weight.
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/115jAaux7DHgRAu5jaS6vdVNbgPBLhbaq/edit?u…Related Content
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