From: SFPhysics@aol.com
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:10:36 EST
To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
Subject: Re: Grams to Newtons
> My 8th graders are studying forces, and doing various labs using spring
> scales. All of our spring scales measure only in grams, but I would like
them
> to be able to record their answers in newtons. Could anyone help me out
with
> how to do this conversion? Thanks!
> Amy Kirshen
First you get the Figs, but seriously folks.....
The Newton is kg * m/s2 so in the earth's gravity of 1gravity which is 9.8
m/s2 , 1 kg equals 9.8 N. So a single gram is .0098 N......
For middle school you could probably get away with .001N per gram......
Best wishes everyone -
Al Sefl