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the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This is a lesson plan for teaching Newton's Third Law within the context NASA's Swift satellite. Students warm up with a reading excerpt that explains thrust, the force that moves the rocket through space. Newton's Third Law comes into play as students conduct an experiment to propel a balloon along a fishing line. They must consider what force (or forces) act to counter thrust. Resource includes lesson, detailed lab procedures, Student Handout, data table, pre/post discussion questions, and answer key. Can be viewed in html or downloaded as a printable pdf document.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=1869">National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space Flight Center: Newton's Third Law of Motion. June 20, 2010.</a>
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center: Newton's Third Law of Motion (2006), <https://swift.sonoma.edu/education/newton/newton_3/index.html>.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (2010, June 20). Goddard Space Flight Center: Newton's Third Law of Motion. Retrieved December 4, 2023, from https://swift.sonoma.edu/education/newton/newton_3/index.html
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space Flight Center: Newton's Third Law of Motion. June 20, 2010. https://swift.sonoma.edu/education/newton/newton_3/index.html (accessed 4 December 2023).
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space Flight Center: Newton's Third Law of Motion. 2006. 20 June 2010. 4 Dec. 2023 <https://swift.sonoma.edu/education/newton/newton_3/index.html>.
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Month = {June 20, 2010},
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