Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In an introductory physics class, students need to have a quantitative understanding of the relationship between the motion of objects and the forces they experience. This comes in the form of Newton’s 2nd law of motion. Rather than directly giving your students this equation, give your students an experience where they can develop this equation through a guided investigation.

In this video, I will walk you through a lab that allows students to develop a model of the relationship between an object’s acceleration and its mass.

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Video Chapters

0:00 Video Introduction
2:11 Prelab Discussion
5:13 Data Collection
6:58 Data Analysis
10:27 Conclusion Discussion