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Lesson Plan: Newton’s Second Law of Motion Physics • First Year of Secondary School

This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to apply Newton’s second law of motion, 𝐹 = 𝑚𝑎, to find the accelerations caused by forces that act in various directions.

Objectives

Students will be able to

  • use the formula 𝐹=𝑚𝑎 in all combinations, where 𝐹 can be the resultant of multiple forces acting along a line in the same or opposite directions,
  • substitute the value of 𝑎 calculated using 𝐹=𝑚𝑎 into kinematic formulas,
  • substitute the value of 𝑎 calculated using kinematic formulas into 𝐹=𝑚𝑎,
  • substitute the value of 𝑎 determined using kinematic graphs into 𝐹=𝑚𝑎.

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with

  • velocity,
  • acceleration,
  • free-body force diagrams.

Exclusions

Students will not cover

  • variable mass bodies,
  • Newton’s third law of motion.

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