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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Linear Momentum and Collisions: Conservation of Momentum

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the law of conservation of linear momentum, derive an expression for the conservation of momentum, explain conservation of momentum with examples, and explain the law of...
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Graphic
NASA

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Quasar Galaxy Collision

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of a quasar. The large redshifts imply that quasars lie near the edge of the observable universe and must emit tremendous amounts of energy. There are also many embedded links to related topics.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Car Collision Testing & Tradeoffs: Don't Crack Humpty

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Student groups are provided with a generic car base on which to design a device/enclosure to protect an egg as it rolls down a ramp at increasing slopes. During this activity, student teams design, build and test their prototype...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Linear Momentum and Collisions: Impulse

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define impulse; describe effects of impulses in everyday life; determine the average effective force using graphical representation; and calculate average force and impulse given mass,...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Trb 3:3 Investigation 4 Collision Zone

For Teachers 3rd
Learn how forces of push and pull can change speed or direction.
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eBook
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Molecular Collision

For Students 9th - 10th
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section seeks to answer the question, how far does a molecule travel between collisions?
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice W/ Complex Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on determining the direction of momentum for objects after they collide at angles to one another.
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Website
Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubblesite: Observations Shed Light on Jupiter Collision

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Hubblesite of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides basic information and photographs of the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. A good site to check out on the subject.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elastic Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students are asked to demonstrate and apply the law of conservation of momentum.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Curling Stone Momentum Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students investigate the nature of a nonlinear collision using curling stones. Students will be able to look at how the velocities before the collision and the mass of the stones affects the results of the...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Skateboard Disaster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine collisions between two skateboards with different masses to learn about conservation of momentum in collisions.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Momentum Conservation Level 4

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must predict the speed in a problem involving momentum conservation. The two objects have a head-on collision and stick together during the collision.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Momentum Conservation Level 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must determine the unknown mass in a problem involving momentum conservation. One object begins at rest and the two objects stick together during the collision.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Momentum Conservation Level 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must predict the speed in a problem involving momentum conservation. One object overtakes the other and the two objects stick together during the collision.
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Interactive
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (Sph)

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the interactive tool to explore what happens when you change viscosity and collision softness. Can you make it look like water & honey?
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Collision Theory of Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch an animation of atoms and molecules colliding that shows how these particles combine during chemical reactions. Change levels of energy to see how reactions are affected.
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Handout
University of Washington

University of Washington: Mountain Building

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of tectonic plate collisions. There are illustrations of Indian and Eurasian plate collision.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy of Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
By taking a look at the energy of motion all around us, students learn about the types of energy and their characteristics. They first learn about the two simplest forms of mechanical energy: kinetic and potential energy, as illustrated...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive activity adapted from Wake Forest University, students will observe the effect of mass on velocity and momentum in elastic and inelastic collisions. Includes background reading, a student handout, and discussion...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Conservation of Momentum

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Linear Momentum and Collisions in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter discusses the principle of conservation of momentum and the expression for it, along with examples. It then explains the role this...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Momentum and Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
In this module, students learn how work, energy, and power are related to one another in various ways. They also learn about collisions and the conservation of momentum.
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Activity
Other

Lancaster University: Particle Physics Package

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of experiments, projects, and articles that will help students understand particle collision and mass, kinetic energy, magnetic field, the Large Hadron Collider, and detection of the Higgs particle.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Chemistry: Kinetics and Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 10th
Through interactive activities in a module format, students learn about kinetics, collision theory, reaction rates, and rate laws. They will calculate rate laws from experimental data, concentration and time, and half-life of a reaction....
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Crash Test Dummy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about and explore the relationship between force, time, impulse, and momentum in collisions.

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