The bundle opens with a PhET-fueled simulation lab activity that I used as a precursor to an in-class, hands-on experiment involving carts and motion tracking (not included here).
Next we have an in-class (in-Zoom?) direct instruction activity fleshing out Newton's Second Law via a series of fanciful shopping cart races.
Paul Hewitt offers instruction in Conceptual Physics Alive's "Newton's Second Law".
The bundle is a bit weak in Third Law curriculum. That topic is best taught via hands-on activities. But we do have Hewitt's "Newton's Third Law" and The Mechanical Universe's "Newton's Laws".
"Blowout Newton" is a nice way to summarize Newton's laws via application to a surprisingly dramatic blowgun demonstration, complete with blooper.
"Newtonian Shot" one of my favorite demonstrations in mechanics, and it forces (!) an appreciation of a=F/m in a whole new, mildly counter-intuitive way.
All resources are available separately. All are print-friendly Google Docs files on Google Drive. All include answer keys.
If you prefer the High School Adaptations of The Mechanical Universe, check out Set 1: Motion and Forces. If you want to delve deeper into the biography of Isaac Newton, check out NOVA's Newton's Dark Secrets.
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