CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Ballistics Tests
[Free Registration/Login Required] Practice with the concepts of conservation of momentum and energy by analyzing a special case of the ballistic pendulum.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Inelastic Collisions
[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.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Rotational Dynamics
Students learn about the Newtonian mechanics principle of conservation of angular momentum and the application in the quantum mechanical world.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Colliding Spheres
This lab activity from the Illinois Institute of Technology lets students investigate the impact of collisions upon the velocity and momentum of the colliding objects. Requires understanding of vectors.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gravitational Potential Energy at Large Distances Review
Review the equations and skills related to gravitational potential energy at large distances, including how to apply conservations laws to objects in orbit.
Other
Lancaster University: Particle Physics Package
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Bouncing Balls
Students examine how different balls react when colliding with different surfaces, giving plenty of opportunity for them to see the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions, learn how to calculate momentum, and understand the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Bouncing Balls (For High School)
In this activity, students examine how different balls react when colliding with different surfaces. Also, they will have plenty of opportunity to learn how to calculate momentum and understand the principle of conservation of momentum.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Skateboard Disaster
Students examine collisions between two skateboards with different masses to learn about conservation of momentum in collisions.
Other
Institute of Physics: Newton's Cradle
The interactive simulation demonstrates the conservation of momentum through a Newton?s Cradle simulation.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Gyroscope
Description of a museum exhibit in which the forces exerted by two gyroscope wheels are analyzed. Excellent demonstration idea.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Bicycle Wheel Gyro
Description of a museum exhibit in which the spinning bicycle wheel induces the rotation of a student in a rotating chair. Excellent demonstration idea.
Other
Fearof Physics: Videos
Looking for some more explanantion on a topic covered in physics class? This site contains videos that explore some physics concepts. Videos are broken down by topics. Some videos also give examples on how to solve problems.
Curated OER
Georgia State Univ.: Conservation of Energy
This site is from the Georgia State University Physics Department. At this site the conservation of energy as a fundamental conservation law is presented and compared to other conservation laws (momentum and angular momentum). Links to...
Curated OER
Georgia State Univ.: Conservation of Energy
This site is from the Georgia State University Physics Department. At this site the conservation of energy as a fundamental conservation law is presented and compared to other conservation laws (momentum and angular momentum). Links to...
Curated OER
Georgia State Univ.: Conservation of Energy
This site is from the Georgia State University Physics Department. At this site the conservation of energy as a fundamental conservation law is presented and compared to other conservation laws (momentum and angular momentum). Links to...
Curated OER
Georgia State Univ.: Conservation of Energy
This site is from the Georgia State University Physics Department. At this site the conservation of energy as a fundamental conservation law is presented and compared to other conservation laws (momentum and angular momentum). Links to...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: More Complex Collisions
This lesson explains why momentum is conserved for objects which strike one another at angles.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Practice W/ Perfectly Inelastic Collisions
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on determining the momentum or velocity of objects after they have undergone a perfectly inelastic collision.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Are Elastic and Inelastic Collisions?
A page describing how collisions can be either elastic or inelastic. Also, learn about what's conserved and not conserved during elastic and inelastic collisions.
Yale University
Open Yale Courses: Fundamentals of Physics
Intended for students with a strong math and science background, a course introducing physics concepts of Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, gravitation, thermodynamics, and waves. Twenty-four class sessions in video format are...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Are Two Dimensional Collisions?
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.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Physics, Mechanics
A collection of simulations representing concepts discussed in a mechanics unit of physics.
Science Struck
Science Struck: The Accomplishments of Isaac Newton
Read about the life of Isaac Newton and his many accomplishments in physics, mathematics, optics, and religious study, and how his discoveries helped in space research.