Home of real teaching & learning
  • Full support for teachers
  • Focus on critical thinking
  • Engaging classroom activities
  • Integrated student eBook
  • Assessed tasks / qBank
  • Practice exam questions

The InThinking Guarantee: Our sites are written by expert practitioners and not by AI

See our AI policy

Disclaimer: InThinking subject sites are neither endorsed by nor connected with the International Baccalaureate Organisation.

Don't miss out, find out!

Grab bag: Free-body diagrams

In this activity you will construct free-body diagrams for different situations involving forces. Related concepts movement, force Guiding questions Factual: How do forces combine? What effects do forces have on masses? Inquire Look at the diagrams below. Each of the diagrams shows objects in static equilibrium - so nothing is moving. Can you draw a free-body diagram to show the forces acting in each of the diagrams?...


Tags: force, statics, equilibrium, free-body diagrams

Help