Students use this collection of equipment to discover or experimentally determine all three of Newton's Laws.

·                    Newton's First Law: Students use a Motion Sensor to collect data for various sliding, rolling and hovering objects. Using the data and their observations, students better understand that an object's motion will not change unless acted upon by an external net force.

·                    Newton's Second Law: Students use a Force Sensor and Motion Sensor with PASCO's Dynamics System to discover the relationships between force, mass and acceleration.

·                    Newton's Third Law: Using two Force Sensors, students prove that forces between objects are equal in magnitude yet opposite in direction. These experiments include both tug-of-war exercises and collisions between cars.

PASCO Advantage:
Using this set of equipment and probeware, students will better understand all three of Newton's Laws. The integration between the probeware and equipment helps students focus on the physics of each experiment.