This exploration focuses on Newton's 2nd Law. In this student led exploration, students will use an online application in order to look at how force affects acceleration. Students will be led through a number of activities changing applied force and mass, after which they use a velocity-time graph to find acceleration. Then students will add friction to each case and look at how friction affects net force and acceleration. This is an in depth exploration and in the end, students will be able to solve problems on Newton's 2nd Law. There are practice problems at the end of the document. This exploration should be done in pairs or groups of 3. Students will be able to collaborate with peers. Also, do the notes as a model for the students to understand how to use slope to find acceleration. 

HS-PS2-1 Analyze data to support the claim that Newton's second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration.

ELD.PI.11-12.3.Ex Negotiate with and persuade others (e.g., by presenting counter-arguments) in discussions and conversations using learned phrases (e.g., You make a valid point, but my view is…) and open responses to express and defend nuanced opinions.

ELD Scaffolds: Cooperative learning helps students with collaboration, sentence frames for writing conclusions, graphic organizer.

UDL: Graphic organizer maximizes transfer and generalization of content. Sentence frames build fluencies with graduated levels of support for practice and performance. Think/Pair/Share helps foster collaboration and community.