Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Block on Incline

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written by Gary Gladding
published by the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group

This is an interactive homework problem for introductory physics students relating Newton's Second Law and gravitational acceleration. It features a block at rest atop an incline, with angle of incline and ramp length given. Students must determine the time required for the block to reach the bottom. A user-activated "help" sequence is provided for each step of the problem-solving, from conceptual analysis through quantitative calculation. To promote critical thinking, immediate feedback is received for both correct and incorrect responses. This item is part of a larger collection of interactive homework problems for introductory physics.

https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/ie_...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Motion in Two Dimensions = Position & Displacement Education Practices - Active Learning = Problem Solving	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Activity = Best practice = Problem/Problem Set = Tutorial

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2006 University of Illinois Physics Education Research Group
Keywords:: Newton's Second Law, gravitational acceleration, incline, incline plane, kinematics, net force
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created January 28, 2008 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: February 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: June 16, 2006
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NSES Content Standards

Con.B: Physical Science

9-12: Motions & Forces

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6402">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Block on Incline. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006.</a>

AIP Format

G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), WWW Document, (https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/ie_block_on_incline).

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G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Block on Incline (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/ie_block_on_incline>.

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Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Block on Incline. Retrieved May 2, 2025, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/ie_block_on_incline

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Block on Incline. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/ie_block_on_incline (accessed 2 May 2025).

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Block on Incline. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 2 May 2025 <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/ie_block_on_incline>.

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