Unit 2: Forces

Big Ideas:

• • Newton’s 3 Laws

    • Inertia

    • F=ma

    • Action/reaction

  • Free Body Diagrams, forces as vectors

    • Gravity

    • Weight

    • Gravitational fields

    • Universal Law of gravity

  • Uniform circular motion

    • Centripetal force/acceleration

  • Analyzing systems

    • Atwood machines

    • Box on incline

    • Elevator problems

Labs:

• • Coefficient of friction of box on incline

  • Atwood machine investigation

  • Centripetal force lab