Goddard Space Flight Center: Newton's Third Law of Motion

Detail Page «

Detail Page

written by 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.

Editor's Note: The study of rockets is an excellent way for students to study applications of Newton's Third Law of Motion, often the most difficult of the three laws for young learners to comprehend. See Related Materials for a link to a well-written NASA tutorial, "Forces on a Rocket".

https://swift.sonoma.edu/education/newton/newton_3/index.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Newton's Third Law	- High School - Lower Undergraduate - Middle School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Laboratory = Lesson/Lesson Plan

Appropriate Courses	Categories	Ratings
- Physics First - Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics - AP Physics	- Lesson Plan - Activity - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Intended Users:: Educator
Learner
Formats:: text/html
application/pdf
image/jpeg
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: Does not have a copyright, license, or other use restriction.
Additional information is available.
Courtesy of:: NASA
Keywords:: action, ball drop, balloon rocket, force, newton's third law, reaction
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created August 17, 2004 by Melanie Carter
Record Updated:: October 13, 2015 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: June 20, 2010
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

Post a new comment on this item

ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles!

Record Link

<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=1869">National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space Flight Center: Newton's Third Law of Motion. June 20, 2010.</a>

AIP Format

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (2006), WWW Document, (https://swift.sonoma.edu/education/newton/newton_3/index.html).

AJP/PRST-PER

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>.

APA Format

National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (2010, June 20). Goddard Space Flight Center: Newton's Third Law of Motion. Retrieved October 8, 2024, from https://swift.sonoma.edu/education/newton/newton_3/index.html

Chicago Format

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 8 October 2024).

MLA Format

National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space Flight Center: Newton's Third Law of Motion. 2006. 20 June 2010. 8 Oct. 2024 <https://swift.sonoma.edu/education/newton/newton_3/index.html>.

BibTeX Export Format

@misc{ Author = "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", Title = {Goddard Space Flight Center: Newton's Third Law of Motion}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {8 October 2024}, Month = {June 20, 2010}, Year = {2006} }

Refer Export Format

%Q National Aeronautics and Space Administration %T Goddard Space Flight Center: Newton's Third Law of Motion %D June 20, 2010 %U https://swift.sonoma.edu/education/newton/newton_3/index.html %O text/html

EndNote Export Format

%0 Electronic Source %A National Aeronautics and Space Administration, %D June 20, 2010 %T Goddard Space Flight Center: Newton's Third Law of Motion %V 2024 %N 8 October 2024 %8 June 20, 2010 %9 text/html %U https://swift.sonoma.edu/education/newton/newton_3/index.html

Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.

Citation Source Information

The AIP Style presented is based on information from the AIP Style Manual.

The APA Style presented is based on information from APA Style.org: Electronic References.

The Chicago Style presented is based on information from Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation.

The MLA Style presented is based on information from the MLA FAQ.

This resource is stored in 11 shared folders.

You must login to access shared folders.