Force Balance - Introduction to Force & Gravity

Force Balance - Introduction to Force & Gravity is a single-player lab in which every student in the classroom will run a simulated lab independently to learn about the concept of Force and Gravity. Students are given a fictitious job offer by Apex Cranes company and are hired as Application Engineers. The company is going to automate its cranes by creating new software. The software team needs to know the forces acting on the crane and a formula to find the position of the crane's counterweight that can balance the crane while lifting any load. The Team Lead has requested the students to learn about forces and the forces acting on a crane.

Students will run simulations and experiments to balance a lever and use the experiment data to create a generalized formula.

Students will be able to:

1. Define force
2. Categorize push and pull forces
3. Balanced and Unbalanced forces
4. Run simulations to balance three different levers
5. Gather simulation results and analyze
6. Write a mathematical formula to compute the balancing force
7. Prepare a final written report for the Team Lead

This lab is suitable for classrooms and homework.