1.What Forces Are Acting on You When You Stand on Your Chair?

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Name That Force

1.What forces are acting on you when you stand on your chair?

Draw a picture of yourself standing on a chair. Draw labeled arrows to show each force acting on you.

2.Step off your chair. What forces are acting on you while you are falling, but before you land?

Draw a picture of yourself falling off a chair. Draw labeled arrows to show each force acting on you.

3.What forces are acting on you when you land?

Draw a picture of yourself landing. Draw labeled arrows to show each force acting on you.

4.Put on a pair of rollerblades. Push against a wall. What forces are acting on you when you push against the wall? Draw a picture of yourself pushing the wall while wearing rollerblades. Draw labeled arrows to show each force acting on you.

5.Put on a pair of rollerblades. Push against a wall. What forces are acting on you AFTER you stop pushing the wall, but while you are still moving? Draw a picture of yourself moving AFTER you’ve pushed the wall while wearing rollerblades. Draw labeled arrows to show each force acting on you.

6.Put on a pair of rollerblades. Push against another person who is wearing rollerblades. What forces are acting on you when you push against your partner? Draw a picture of yourself pushing your partner while wearing rollerblades. Draw labeled arrows to show each force acting on you.

7.Put on a pair of rollerblades. Push against a wall. What forces are acting on you AFTER you stop pushing your partner, but while you are still moving? Draw a picture of yourself moving AFTER you’ve pushed your partner while wearing rollerblades. Draw labeled arrows to show each force acting on you.

8.Take your rollerblades off. Push against a wall again. Why don’t you move backward this time? Draw a picture of yourself while pushing the wall without rollerblades. Draw labeled arrows to show each force acting on you.

9.Without rollerblades, walk across the room. Draw a picture of yourself while walking across the room without rollerblades. Draw labeled arrows to show each force acting on you.

10.When you are swimming, what force propels you forward in the pool?

11.When you jump, what force propels you upward?

12.CHALLENGE. If you were floating in space, how can you move yourself forward?