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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: The Cart and the Brick Part B

For Students 9th - 10th
The animation portrays the collision between a 1.0-kg cart and a 2-kg dropped brick. It will be assumed that there are no net external forces acting upon the two objects involved in the collision. The only net force acting upon the two...
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum/collision: Moving Little Fish Caught by Big Fish

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation portrays the inelastic collision between a very massive fish and a less massive fish. What is the after-collision velocity of the two fish?
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: Car Rear Ends Truck Inelastic

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation portrays the inelastic collision between a 1000-kg car and a 3000-kg truck. The before and after collision velocities and momentum are shown in data tables.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: Car Rear Ends Truck Elastic

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation portrays the elastic collision between a 1000-kg car and a 3000-kg truck. The before and after collision velocities and momentum are shown in the data tables.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: Truck Rear Ends Car Elastic

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation below portrays the elastic collision between a 3000-kg truck and a 1000-kg car. The before and after collision velocities and momentum are shown in the data tables.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum/collisions: Car/truck Head on Collision Elastic

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation below portrays the elastic collision between a 1000-kg car and a 3000-kg truck. The before and after collision velocities and momentum are shown in the data tables.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum/collisions:car/truck Head on Collision Inelastic

For Students 9th - 10th
The animation below portrays the elastic collision between a 1000-kg car and a 3000-kg truck. The before- and after-collision velocities and momentum are shown in the data tables.
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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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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Its Conservation: Isolated Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn that total system momentum is conserved for collisions occurring in isolated systems. They will find out what makes a system of objects an isolated system, and whether momentum conserved if the system is not isolated.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Conservation of Momentum?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what conservation of momentum means and how to use it with this reference page.Page also includes practice problems with answers.
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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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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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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Conservation of Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
View a simulation that shows the reaction to a cart on wheels carrying a swinging pendulum.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: More Complex Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains why momentum is conserved for objects which strike one another at angles.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Perfectly Inelastic Collisions & Conservation of Momentum

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

Sophia: Practice W/ Perfectly Inelastic Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on determining the momentum or velocity of objects after they have undergone a perfectly inelastic collision.
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Online Course
Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Conservation of Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews the conservation of momentum including impulse, elastic and inelastic collisions, linear momentum, and center of mass. Site contains links to...
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Handout
Physics4kids

Physics4 kids.com: Momentum Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site defines momentum and distinguishes different types of momentum. Several examples including diagrams are used to explain these concepts. Conservation of momentum is briefly addressed. An online quiz is also available to check...
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Conservation of Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
The conservation of momentum is technically explained along with a diagram.
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Activity
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Conservation of Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a set of four Physics problems dealing with the conservation of momentum principle.