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Smile: Colliding Spheres

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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.

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Concepts
acceleration, collisions, conservation, mass, momentum, vector, vectors, newton's third law of motion
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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