A Message From Sir Isaac Newton |
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Dear Students,
My name is Sir Isaac Newton, you may have heard of me. (I am the scientist who had the apple
drop on my head!) I developed three laws of motion that have helped many different workfields grow
and develop. The three Laws of Motion are:
1. * An object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by a force.
* An object moving in a straight line will continue to move in a straight life unless acted on by
another force.
* The first law of motion is also called the law aof Inertia.
2. * How fast an object moves after it is pushed depends on the force of the push and the mass of
the object.
* Force = mass X acceleration
F = ma
3. * For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
I know you have spent some time to talking and learning about these laws. With the new age of
technology and the internet there are many opportunities for exploring the laws of motion. I have
done research to find websites where you can explore my laws of motion. I challenge you to find three
ways in which the laws of motion play a factor in your everyday life. After you have discovered these
ways make a poster, cartoon, peice of writing, or another creative way of showing the way the laws of
motion impact your life. Make sure to visit all of the websites and search the key words in a search
engine (such as Google or Yahoo) to find more information. HAVE FUN and BE CREATIVE with your
project! Remeber, "No discovery was ever made without a bold guess."
Sincerely Your Friend,
Sir Isaac Newton
Websites To Explore:
To get even more information, use these key words with search engines:
| Isaac Newton |
Laws of Motion |
Velocity |
Force |
Created October 2006, Inquiry Block, Mary Marshall, The University of Vermont
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