Newton's Laws - Chapter Outline

Lesson 1: Newton's First Law of Motion

1. Newton's First Law
2. Inertia and Mass
3. State of Motion
4. Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

Lesson 2: Force and Its Representation

1. The Meaning of Force
2. Types of Forces
3. Drawing Free-Body Diagrams
4. Determining the Net Force

Lesson 3 : Newton's Second Law of Motion

1. Newton's Second Law
2. The Big Misconception
3. Finding Acceleration
4. Finding Individual Forces
5. Free Fall and Air Resistance
6. Double Trouble (a.k.a., Two Body Problems)

Lesson 4 : Newton's Third Law of Motion

1. Newton's Third Law
2. Identifying Action and Reaction Force Pairs