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Force and motion / Steven Souza and Karen Kwitter ; illustrated by Lloyd Birmingham ; project editors, Joel Beller and Carl Raab.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Walch Hands-on science seriesPublication details: Portland, Me. : J. Weston Walch, c1999.Description: vii, 88 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0825137624
Other title:
  • Force & motion
Subject(s):
Contents:
Vectors 1: making vectors -- Vectors 2: adding vectors -- Velocity and acceleration -- Newton's first law : inertia -- Pressure is not the same as force -- Newton's third law : action and reaction -- Friction -- Center of mass -- Earth's gravity and uniform acceleration -- Ballistics -- The pendulum -- Orbital motion -- Momentum -- Work (the physics kind) -- Kinetic energy -- Potential energy -- Electric and magnetic forces.
Summary: Reproducible activities, correlated to the National Science Education Standards, that engage students' minds as they observe, examine & investigate vectors, Newton's laws of motion, friction, gravitation, kinetic & potential energy, and other key concepts in physics.
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Books (7-Day Checkout) Books (7-Day Checkout) Nash Library Nash 301 Reserve Shelf QC73.6.S68 1999 1 Available 33710000980552

Reserves; Thomas, Peter

Reproducible activities, correlated to the National Science Education Standards, that engage students' minds as they observe, examine & investigate vectors, Newton's laws of motion, friction, gravitation, kinetic & potential energy, and other key concepts in physics.

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Vectors 1: making vectors -- Vectors 2: adding vectors -- Velocity and acceleration -- Newton's first law : inertia -- Pressure is not the same as force -- Newton's third law : action and reaction -- Friction -- Center of mass -- Earth's gravity and uniform acceleration -- Ballistics -- The pendulum -- Orbital motion -- Momentum -- Work (the physics kind) -- Kinetic energy -- Potential energy -- Electric and magnetic forces.