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What is FHSST? Practical Physics. This website is for teachers of physics in schools and colleges.

Practical Physics

It is a collection of experiments that demonstrate a wide range of physical concepts and processes. Some of the experiments can be used as starting-points for investigations or for enhancement activities. Wave_machine_teachers_notes. Wave Machine. Newton’s Second Law of Motion - Comet Cratering « Kids' Blog. Nov27 Find More Science Experiments Today’s experiment will demonstrate Newton’s Second Law of Motion.

Newton’s Second Law of Motion - Comet Cratering « Kids' Blog

Newton’s Second Law of Motion: Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. Newtonlab. Newton's Second Law. To calculate the acceleration of the ball at the time of impact, subtract the ball’s initial speed (which is zero) from its final speed and divide by the time it took to hit the target.

Newton's Second Law

In this exercise acceleration is independent of mass, but it does depend on diameter (since the balls are rolling, not sliding or free-falling) so choose the balls to be as close to the same size as possible, and don’t use any hollow balls. The acceleration for the balls of different masses should then be the same.