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Activity
Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Marble Madness

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, Bill Nye uses marbles to explain momentum and Newton's third law: every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Its Conservation: Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
Through examples and interactive practice problems, students explore the momentum equation.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Impulse Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students find the relationships between impulse and change in momentum. Use the fire extinguisher to give different impulses to Wally and then use the time he is passing through the photogates to find the...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Seven Speedy Pieces

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will determine the coasting distance of a toy car if it is rolled down from different fixed distances down an inclined plane.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Collisions and Momentum: Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 7th - 9th
As a continuation of the theme of potential and kinetic energy, this lesson introduces the concepts of momentum, elastic and inelastic collisions. Many sports and games, such as baseball and ping-pong, illustrate the ideas of momentum...
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eBook
Libre Text

Libre Texts: Physics: Conservation of Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand how the momentum of an object remains constant if there is no outside force involved. Examine translation symmetry. The article is wrapped up with a collection of homework problems to solve.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes exhaustive information and a wealth of activities pertaining to aerodynamics and the physics of flight.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics: Momentum Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This study guide on momentum defines some key terms and discusses the Law of Conservation of Momentum, elastic and inelastic collisions, and how impulse relates to momentum. Includes equations and two example problems with solutions. It...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Trigonometry

For Students 9th - 10th
Reviews the basics of trigonometry and how its concepts are instrumental in computer graphics programming.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Change in Momentum and Speed From Force vs. Time Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice calculating change in momentum and speed from force vs. time graphs using this four-question quiz.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Are Momentum and Impulse?

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference page explaining what momentum and impulse are. Also learn how they are related to force.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Are Two Dimensional Collisions?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to handle collisions in 2 dimensions and get better at pool with this reference page. Included on this page is a step-by-step procedure to solve 2 dimensional collision problems.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Physics I: Classical Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a classic mechanics course taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The course teaches modern physics, thermal physics, fluid mechanics, solids mechanics, celestial mechanics, momentum,...
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Engineering Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to engineering mechanics. Webpage includes forty lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary in length and cover...
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Momentum & Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
Review momentum and collisions with this collection of video lectures from East Los Angeles College. Lectures vary in length and explain the concepts with examples.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Physics 240: Science and Engineering I

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a physics for science and engineering course taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The course discusses the concepts of mechanics, wave motion, sound, heat and thermodynamics in thirty-five...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Defying Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked how acceleration, mass, momentum and velocity are involved in mountain boarding. [0:32]
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Huygens, Christiaan

For Students 9th - 10th
This ScienceWorld site provides a short biographical sketch of Christiaan Huygens and describes his most notable scientific discoveries and contributions. Links are provided throughout for additional information as well.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Momentum

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Lesson plan to be used for grades 3-5. Does require a Jensen Bar, dynamic carts, firecrackers, and pop cans. Change the masses of the carts to compare and contrast momentum.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Gas Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia provides a basic overview of the three gas laws (Boyle's, Charles', and Graham's Law) and information on the ideal gas law is found here.
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eBook
Other

Uc Santa Cruz: Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
A physics definition of collisions with examples to illustrate the concept and related links to problems and solutions.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Defining Momentum Mathematically: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides a mathematical relationship for momentum. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Defining Momentum Mathematically."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Increasing Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how to increase the momentum of a system.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Inelastic Collisions & Conservation of Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains why conservation of momentum can be applied to inelastic collisions.