Interactive Labs
Hands-on virtual labs for investigating physics concepts. Each lab includes data collection, graphing, and analysis tasks aligned with the Australian Curriculum.
Year 10 — Forces and Motion
| Lab | Topic | Key skills |
|---|---|---|
| Newton's Second Law Lab | F = ma | Investigate the relationship between force, mass and acceleration. Collect data, calculate expected values, and verify Newton's second law. |
| Constant Velocity Lab | Speed = distance ÷ time | Measure time and distance to determine the speed of a moving object. Build a distance–time graph from your data. |
More labs coming soon: acceleration, displacement, ticker timers, measurement skills
How these labs work
Each lab is a self-contained simulation that runs in your browser — no downloads or plugins needed. The typical workflow is:
- Set up — adjust the variables using sliders and controls
- Observe — run the simulation and watch what happens
- Measure — use the built-in tools (stopwatch, data readouts) to collect data
- Record — enter your measurements in the data table
- Calculate — work out the expected values and check your answers
- Analyse — look at the graph that builds from your data and describe the relationship
Curriculum alignment
These labs address the following Year 10 achievement standard and content descriptions:
Achievement standard
Students explain how Newton's laws describe motion and apply them to predict motion of objects in a system.
Content descriptions:
- Investigate Newton's laws of motion and quantitatively analyse the relationship between force, mass and acceleration of objects
- Select and construct appropriate representations, including tables, graphs, descriptive statistics, models and mathematical relationships, to organise and process data and information
- Analyse and connect a variety of data and information to identify and explain patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies