This law concerns two
parts...
An object accelerates in the direction you push it
and the harder you push it the more it will accelerate. That's pretty basic and seems
like common sense. This law applies to both pushing and pulling so when I teach the
Laws of Motion to 4th graders one "experiment" we do to show this is a tug of war. We
create two sides and try to make it as balanced as possible to show that equal force
creates balance. We tie a ribbon in the middle of the rope and have a line on the
ground as well to show how the ribbon pretty much stays over the
line.
We then create "unbalanced" teams so there is more
force on one side. The rope is then pulled toward the side with greater force. It's
pretty basic but it's a great physical and visual way to represent force and
acceleration.
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