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Physics Classroom

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

For Students 9th - 10th
An animation that portrays the collision between a 3.0-kg loaded 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...
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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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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: Big Fish Catches Little 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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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Energy and Momentum Conservation Level 2 (Elastic Collision)

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will be given only the starting speeds of the two objects and that they will have an elastic collision. From this they must figure out the velocities of both cars after the collision.
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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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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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Physics Classroom

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

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation below portrays the inelastic 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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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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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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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions: The Case of the Happy and Sad Balls

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars improve their understanding of momentum conservation and learn that a recoiling object in an elastic collision will transfer more impulse than if it collided inelastically.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Perfectly Inelastic Collision

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will need to determine the amount of KE lost in a perfectly inelastic collision.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Collisions: The Astronaut Catch

For Students 9th - 10th
Students imagine that they are hovering next to the space shuttle in earth-orbit, and bump into another astronaut of equal mass. If the two astronauts holds onto each other, then how fast do they move after the collision?
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Lesson Plan
The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: 4 Ps3 3: Energy in Collisions

For Teachers 4th
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 4-PS3-3: energy in collisions.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Center of Mass and Two Dimensional Collisions Review

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference page that reviews two-dimensional collisions with key concepts, equations, and skills to understand center of mass motion.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wgbh: Collisions on an Air Track

For Students 9th - 10th
Set variables for a simulated collision and observe the changes in reaction between two carts. Options include changing the weight of one cart and the type of collision to occur.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Collision Course (Part 2)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
This is part 2 of a two-part lesson plan on understanding how speed changes when two objects collide. Learners will conduct an experiment, collect data, and draw conclusions about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide....
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive:comet Collision With Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th
Comet collision with Jupiter with lots of pictures and some text. Links to the information about the comet, the impacts, and observations made by four different spacecraft.
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Website
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University

Npac Reu Program: Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 Collision

For Students 9th - 10th
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University provides a site dedicated to compiling the best images and information regarding Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and its collision with Jupiter. Great animations.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Linear Momentum and Collisions: Impulse

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Linear Momentum and Collisions in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter explains that impulse is the same as a change in momentum, and what role it has in daily life. It then describes how to calculate the...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Inelastic Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive tutorial students are asked to demonstrate and apply the laws of conservation of momentum.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Linear Momentum and Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
This physics tutorial aims to model and predict not the motion of just one object, but rather what happens when two or more objects collide. The concept of momentum will be the main focus of this module.
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Interactive
OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Net Logo: Gas Particle Collisions Up Close

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation explores the relationship between particle kinetic energies during particle collisions.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Stick Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
Creating a basic collision check for two objects in a side-scroller game.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Conservation of Linear Momentum and Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore conservation of linear momentum and collisions. Some topics examined in the activities are collisions, center of mass motion, variable mass, and momentum. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, practice...

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