Newton Demonstration
The group you arranged (three or four
people) is responsible for performing or illustrating a simple
non-quantitative
demonstration of all three of Newton's
laws.
This demonstration will include an explanation of how and why it illustrates Newton's Law but take only 2 to 3 minutes each including the explanation. Creativity and originality counts.
Demonstration day will be Nov. 5th. No excuses, no late demonstrations.
Resources for this step
"Physics" by Holt Rinehart and Winston our textbook,
Chapter 4
"Physics" with calulus by Hecht. Old
Textbook.
Physics Foundations & Frontiers, Bruton Media Center Chapter 3 & Chapter 6
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/newtlaws/cci.html
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/newtlaws/il.html
http://demoroom.physics.ncsu.edu/html/mechanics.html
http://physicsweb.org/resources//Education/Interactive_experiments/Classical_mechanics
Others that you may find.
The following rubric explains how the demonstrations will be graded.
this will qualify as a classroom/lab grade
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Demonstrations Work done in pairs or triplets using materials you provide. Creativity and originality are encouraged. |
20 pt Unsuccessful Demo. The demonstration does not
work.Poor description of what it illustrates about the Law. The
demonstration is copied from examples provided . |
30pts. Successful Demo. Poor description of what it
illustrates about the Law. The presentation follows the scripts of one
of the given examples and the presentation is not particularly creative. |
40 pts. Successful Demo. Fair description of what
it illustrates about the Law. presentation shows some originality but
is very similar to one of the examples provided. The presentation
is creative in its presentation. |
50 pts. Excellent Demo. Excellent description of
what it illustrates about the Law. Demonstration is original (not
copied from one of the given examples) well thought out and executed
using a creative method of presentation. |
Total available 50 |