Content:

❏ Representing forces (interactions, FBDs)

❏ Conventions, labels, how to show static/equilibrium or net force
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❏ Understanding forces in general:
❏ Push/pull, contact vs non-contact, etc.
❏ Understanding specific forces (Gravity, normal, friction, tension, applied)
❏ Gravity: depends on mass (in kg!!)
❏ Normal: always outwards from surface
❏ Friction: Static and dynamic. When to apply, Friction curves, coefficient of friction,
applications (propulsion).
❏ Tension: bi-directional, always along rope, connector/constraint in many
problems
❏ Applied: push or pull
❏ Newton’s laws
❏ Stating and Understanding
❏ Applying to problems
❏ Being able to see and explain how they work together
❏ N1: inertia (relation to equilibrium)
❏ N2: Fnet = ma (connection to motion)
❏ N3: action/reaction (interactions, and setting constraints in problems)
❏ Problem-solving strategy
❏ Drawing key frames
❏ Events and intervals
❏ Data analysis
❏ Force-time curves for friction
❏ Analyze gravity data ->
❏ Acceleration vs force data -> estimate mass
❏ Meme analysis
❏ Recognize Newton’s laws in memes
❏ Be able to carry out a reasonable numerical analysis

KTCA Categories
Category Applications/skills

Knowledge/Underst ● Understanding the details of Newton’s laws, and how they relate to each other
anding ● Using terms from the vocabulary list throughout
● Definitions: Force,
● Knowing where the basic forces arise, and their attributes
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Thinking ● Accurate interaction diagram

● Accurate force diagrams (match IDs, appropriate lengths) -> processing of
information
● Problem analysis: identify forces, determine whether equilibrium holds or does
not.
● Reasonable assumptions for numerical analysis, including assumptions stated

Communication ● Clarity of explanation and conclusions, use of terminology is correct

● Conventions on IDs and FBDs throughout
● Calculations are clearly labeled with equations and have appropriate units

Application ● Connect understanding of physics to scenario

● Calculations carried out correctly

Potential Test questions:

-Watch video and draw keyframes for scene
-Draw IDs for each frame
-Draw force diagrams for each

● For each force, create a problem with static eq, and

● Create a problem with dynamic eq and force
● Ana
● Tension with two blocks
● Friction with pooh

Outline for test

Part 1: Identifying forces

In the video, use key frames to draw interaction diagrams to show what forces are present.
Afterwards, draw force diagrams for each key frame.
Determine whether the system is in equilibrium, or whether there is a net force. If there is a net
force, use a force vector to show its direction

Part 2: Newton’s Laws of Motion

(i) N1 tells us that object at rest, will stay at rest unless acted on by an external force. Objects in
uniform motion will stay that way unless acted on by an external force
(ii) N2 relates acceleration to net force.

(iii) N3 says that all forces come in pairs. For each force there is an equal and opposite “reaction
force” that is on the agent of the first force.

(a) In the following examples: tell whether equilibrium is acheived

(b) Below is a problem and a solution, but the solution is missing some details. Identify which of
Newton’s Laws of motion are used, and reference them explicitly.

(c)

(d) Create a problem that can be solved by understanding dynamic equilibrium

Create a problem that needs an application of Newton’s second Law to solve.

Part 3: Types of forces

Gravity
Normal
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Tension
-elevator question with spider man

Friction
-For the force-time curve shown, identify regions of static friction and dynamic friction, as well as
slipping [3k]
-Pooh question [

Part 4: Applications
Fred was collecting some data on acceleration for different applied forces. Unfortunately he
wasn’t being all that careful and rounded all his data to the nearest 0.5 whole number. From the
chart, it is almost linear.

(i) Explain to Fred why the relationship is linear, using your understanding of concepts from this
section, and what is the significance of the slope.

(ii) draw a line of best fit and calculate its slope.

(iii) Given the following meme, explain where the problem lies. Use force diagrams, written
explanation to correct the scenario.
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Section / Question K T C A

1 Understanding basics of forces 8

Use key frames (3). Draw IDs 6
Draw force diagrams 6

2 Basic equilibrium questions 2

Basic F=ma questions 2
Identifying action/reaction pairs of forces. 2
Newton’s laws identification 2 2 2 2

3
Pooh question 4 4
Gravity, graphing force vs mass. Compute slope of best fit line 2 2

4 Meme - draw force diagrams, explain the issue (2k for friction 2 2 2
ident, 2k for ident the error, 2a for drawing correct fd)

Propulsion - an application of N3

Totals