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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Newtons Laws at Leo Fu

On Friday, I saw multiple examples of each of Newtons 3 Laws. Newtons First Law is that 'an object in motion will stay in motion, and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. My example from Leo Fu is the Pirate Ship. Before it began, it was at rest, and would have stayed that way without the mechanical stuff. And if the ship was not hooked up to anything, it would continue flying upwards and not stop to return to the other side. Newtons Second Law is 'the acceleration of an object depends on the force acting on the object and the mass of the object'. The pirate ship is also a good example for this law. The higher the mass of an object, the more force necessary to accelerate the object. The Pirate Ship was very heavy, so it must take large amounts of force to make it move. Newtons Third Law states that 'every action has an equal and opposite reaction'. The Canyon River Rapids ride is a good example for this law. The raft would bounce into the walls, and their reaction was to bounce back away from them afterward.
Connecting Leo Fu to Science Class.

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