The focus of this lesson plan is to allow the students to discover the effects of the centripetal force through an inquiry based activity. The students will experiment with different factors that affect centripetal motion and partially derive a formula for centripetal motion. In the last part of the activity, students will gather lake/ pond water (or tap water with sand added) and use centripetal force to quicken the settling process. Students will be asked to think of real world applications to this phenomenon. (centrifuges would be a good example)
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