Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion states, "A body at rest will remain at rest, and a body in motion will remain in motion unless it is acted upon by an external force." What, then, happens to a body ...

Newton's Second Law of Motion is concerned with the effect that unbalanced forces have on motion. An unbalanced force acting on an object causes it to accelerate. There are two points to note about ...

Tugging a small toy with your dog can be a lot of fun—but it’s also a great way to experiment with forces acting on an object. Forces are what scientists call the pushing and pulling on objects. In ...

Newton's first law can also be used to explain the movement of objects travelling with non-uniform motion. This includes situations when the speed changes, the direction changes, or both change. For ...

Sir Isaac Newton's three laws of motion describe the motion of massive bodies and how they interact. While Newton's laws may seem obvious to us today, more than three centuries ago they were ...

Physics, particularly forces and motion, can be challenging. By observing everyday motion, conducting simple experiments, and understanding Newton's laws in plain language, the concepts become more ...

Physics, especially the part about forces and motion, often feels like a maze of confusing concepts and formulas. If you’ve ever stared at a problem about an object moving or a force acting and ...

Velocity is always TANGENT to the path. Acceleration, in general, has BOTH tangential and normal components. The normal component of acceleration always points INWARD to the path. The tangential ...

This webinar is about the properties of motion and how they relate to the weather forecast every day. Wind is a product of motion as it relates to Newton's Laws of Motion. The first law suggests that ...