Forces and Motions

What do roller coasters, spinning eggs and baseball all have in common? Why, physics of course! Come explore these sites as you research background information, plan a new unit or design a webquest. Teacher-only Web pages provide background information and lesson ideas. Web pages for students include interactive links to simulators with variables to manipulate as well as exciting, student-oriented sites that demonstrate the concepts of force and motion.

So, when is a push and pull equal? You will find the answer to your question in this SciBerEyes unit on Forces and Motion. Overcome inertia: choose the highlighted concept that you are looking for and the search engine will do the rest. You will then have a number of links to visit, selected just for the concepts highlighted below.

If you prefer to see how the concepts relate to each other conceptually, take a look at the Force and Motion Concept Map.

A. Forces cause specific changes in motion including speed and direction.

B. Newton's Laws (gravitation, friction, and momentum), explain the behavior of objects (i.e. linear and rotational motion, projectiles, collisions).