forces

National 5 – fizzics by fizzics

Nov 13, 2021Education

We’ve been looking at forces for the past two weeks. Here are some notes and videos to help you learn more about this topic. Newton’s 1st Law animation showing effects of air resistance Friction: here are 2 c...

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