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Physics 2
HS PS2-2 Momentum
Phenomenon
Look at Car Crash Test video IIHS
See inertia at 2 mins into video
See momentum at 5 mins into video
See impulse at 6 mins
G forces at 7.5 mins
Conservation of momentum at 11 mins
Which parts, in particular, help your understanding of momentum and inertia?
Momentum and Collisions
Conservation of Momentum
HS-PS2-2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
Prior Knowledge/Preview
Inquiry science
Printable activity
On-line activity
LAB experiments
Lab #1 introduction to momentum WIS
Lab #2 conservation of momentum
Lab #3 impulse and momentum WIS
Lab #4 PhET simulation collisions
Lab #5 Dolphin momentum and robotics Bitescis
Lab #6 Forces and motion PhET
Aerospace CONNECTIONS:
Applications and examples
INERTIA in Space scroll to 2.00 minutes +
Inertia and splashdown NASA
EXTENSION material for the curious
Momentum wheel attitude control of ATS-6 Satellite Smithsonian NASM
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