Force and Motion Basics (for tablets) Balanced forces? Unbalanced forces? Backward force? Forward force? Use this simulation to complete the "Force and Motion Basics" activity you received in class.
Newton's Laws of Motion from the International Space Station. A NASA astronaut demonstrates Newton's Laws of Motion in the micro gravity environment of the ISS.
Watch this short video clip from the International Space Station. Then answer this question: How does increasing the mass of an object effect its rate of acceleration if the force applied is kept constant?
Motion Simulators Click on "Simulators". Then choose the activity you are working on
Real World: Centripetal Force Watch this video clip from NASA. How does the "center seeking" force work? What happens to objects when this force is removed?
Centripetal Force: The Real Force Carefully watch the animations on this page. Which way are the force arrows directed? Click ahead to the next page and see the "false" force in action: Centrifugal Force. With the car window open, what direction does the tape fly? Why?
NASA Artificial Gravity Experiment. How can centripetal forces be used to simulate gravity for space travellers? NASA setup and ran this experiment to test this answer.
A bowling ball and some feathers fall toward Earth Which would hit the ground first--if this happened in a vacuum chamber--without any air!