Newton’s First Law With Velocity, Acceleration & Momentum
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Lesson Plan: Newton’s First Law
With Special Guest: Brandy Parker
1st Verse:
The sign limits miles per hour, now we’re heading east
This magnitude with direction, a vector quantity
Speed is distance over time with no direction
That’s only magnitude, no vector quantity prediction
You’re going my way, yeah you’re going with velocity
Chorus:
Newton, first go borrow Galileo’s law
That an object at rest will stay at rest
And one in motion won’t change at all
Until force is applied
Accelerating velocity over time
Adding momentum
Hey inertia, force is on the line
2nd Verse
600 miles per hour, yeah we’re flying east
A magnitude with direction, a vector quantity
A force applied to magnitude for 10 seconds
600 to 1,000 miles per hour, same direction
Accelerating 40 miles per hour, per second, at least
Bridge
The frictional force on an object, if that whole object is still in motion
Will cause a change in its momentum, decelerating now in this direction
We’ll get decreased velocity
Decreased distance over time if, like we’re heading east
3rd Verse:
The product of mass and velocity - keep on moving now
Yeah momentum caused by a force can go right through this wall
I’d rather get hit by a tennis ball traveling, east
Than a blowing ball at the same velocity
That’s why you don’t see smaller smaller people people playing football