Forces and Motion

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Author:

Loeblein, Patricia, Perkins, Kathy, Podolefsky, Noah, Reid, Sam

Subject:

Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology

Institution Name:

University of Colorado at Boulder

Collection:

PhET Interactive Simulations

Grade Level:

Secondary, Post-secondary

Grade Sub-Level:

Middle School, High School, Community College - Lower Division

Grades:

Grade 8

Abstract:

Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time. View a Free Body Diagram of all the forces (including gravitational and normal forces).

Languages:

English, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Mongolian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Material Type:

Activities and Labs, Simulations

Media Format:

Text/HTML, Interactive

Conditions of Use:

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/about/licensing
This simulation is available under either a Creative Commons Attribution license or the GNU General Public License.

Copyright Holder:

University of Colorado