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1D Forces - Interactive Simulation
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1D Forces - Interactive Simulation

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Grade Level Grades K-12
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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);

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SML Member
SML Member November 23, 2011

A fantastic resource that you can download to your own PC. Great for illustrating balancing of forces and the effect of friction.

SML Member
SML Member February 05, 2012

Superb resource (along with most of the other Phet resources). Great way to illustrate forces.

Peacegood
Peacegood June 03, 2016
Useful and interesting...

Useful and interesting... Thank you Phet!

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