Impulse Teacher Resources

Prepare your class members for the rotational dynamics section of the AP Physics exam with a fast-paced video that reviews all the key concepts and principles. Tips and tricks for the exam and common misconceptions are also addressed.

Students examine the impulse-momentum change theorem, the law of momentum conservation, and real world applications. The tutorial consists of lessons and problems to check for understanding.

In this interactive physics tutorial, students examine some real-world applications of the impulse-momentum change theorem, more specifically, some physics in action in the real world.

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.

Have you ever played dodgeball and wondered the physics behind the game? This video will how the impulse momentum relationship can be used to solve problems for impulse and force applied during a dodgeball collision. [10:33]

A video showing that momentum is the product of mass and velocity. Video contains a simple example problem to show how to calculate. [9:17]

Two complete tutorials on momentum and its conservation. Tutorials include informational text, interactive activities, animations, and quick, interactive comprehension checks throughout the lessons.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate what momentum is, how to calculate it, and how it relates to impulse.

This page offers a detailed description of and a link to a set of lessons that will assist teachers in targeting NGSS standard HS-PS2-3. Students investigate momentum and impulse and are challenged to solve an engineering problem that is...

This is a list of 64 problems/exercises to solve covering the content in Chapter 8: Linear Momentum and Collisions from the AP Physics online text.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will be asked to calculate the impulse applied to a physical system.

Practice calculating change in momentum and speed from force vs. time graphs using this four-question quiz.

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...

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,...

Students explore impulse and momentum. Some topics examined in the activities are collisions, impulse, Newton's laws, and momentum. The resource consists of lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice problems and exam...

A reference page explaining what momentum and impulse are. Also learn how they are related to force.

Reference material that reviews how objects rotate and can have linear momentum and angular momentum. Also, learn how the angular momentum of an object can change when torque is applied to an object over time.

Review momentum and impulse topics in the video. [13:20]

A video module showing that to determine a decrease in momentum you should look at impulse. Videos explores the equation for impulse and its application. Also given in lesson is an example of how to decrease momentum. [4:59]

In the following video Paul Andersen defines impulse as the product of the force applied and the time over which the force is applied. The impulse of an object is equivalent to the change in momentum of the object. [9:11]

This study guide on momentum defines some key terms and discusses the Law of Conservation of Momentum, elastic and inelastic collisions, and how impulse relates to momentum. Includes equations and two example problems with solutions. It...

"Practice solving for angular momentum, time, or torque for a system with an external torque applied over a time interval" on this website.

In the following video Paul Andersen explains how the change in angular momentum is equal to the torque applied over a given time. [4:54]

A screencast which provides an explanation of impulse force as it relates to Newton's laws of motion. [4:12]