Newton's Laws with an Elevator Ride

Try this

Use the Accelerometer tool and place the mobile device flat on the floor of an elevator during a ride up and a ride down. Use a body scale to determine your mass. For each part of the elevator ride (accelerating up, moving up at constant velocity, accelerating down on the way up, etc.), draw a quantitative force diagram for your body by calculating the net force, normal force, and weight acting on you.

Challenge yourself

• Complete the worksheet listed below in “Resources.”
• How would this experience be different if you were on another planet, or if you weighed more?