Forces and Acceleration

This 3D e-scenario allows students to explore the relationship between forces and acceleration by interacting directly with the forces acting on a car.

The user can control the mass of the car, the forward force on the car, the braking force, and if air resistance is to be taken into account. The 3D visualisation makes the connection between the forces, and the car’s acceleration immediately apparent.

The e-scenario includes a series of exercises in which students investigate and establish the relationships for themselves through observation and measurement.

Finally, a closely related GCSE examination question is examined, allowing students to apply what they have discovered in the e-scenario to an examination situation.

The package is supplied as a PowerPoint presentation containing the teaching material and a link to the online e-scenario. The e-scenario runs in any WebGL-compatible browser, including Edge, Firefox and Safari.

The product licence is for one school for one year and is for personal and classroom use only. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Whilst efforts will be made to maintain third party links to external sites these cannnot be guaranteed in perpetuity. Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.