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Curated OER
Wind Turbines
Students build their own wind turbine. In this physics lesson, students calculate the power output of their wind turbines. They evaluate their design and make the necessary modifications.
Curated OER
Newton's Laws Review
For this Newton's Laws worksheet, learners solve 4 problems using Newton's Laws. Students explain their work and calculations using Newton's Laws and equations.
Curated OER
The Ghost Particle
Learners collect evidence to make inferences about a object hidden inside a sealed box. They think critically and logically to raise questions. Students identify questions that can be answered through investigation. They formulate and...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Conservation of Momentum
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...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Linear Momentum and Collisions: Conservation of Momentum
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Conservation of Momentum in One Dimension
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will apply the concept of conservation of momentum using action and reaction forces.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Conservation of Momentum in One Dimension
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn and apply the concept of conservation of momentum using action and reaction forces with classmates on skateboards.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Conservation of Momentum?
Learn what conservation of momentum means and how to use it with this reference page.Page also includes practice problems with answers.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Conservation of Momentum
This 5E model lesson helps students understand the concept of conservation of momentum.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Law of Conservation of Momentum
[Free Registration/Login Required] The Law of Conservation of Momentum states that the total momentum before the crash is equal to the total momentum after the crash. Use the red dots to adjust the speed of each car at they head straight...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Conservation of Momentum Using Rollerblades and a Medicine Ball
In this guided inquiry demonstration, a person on rollerblades and a medicine ball are used to teach the concept of conservation of momentum. Various sorts of collisions are used to show how momentum is conserved within a system.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Conservation of Momentum
This activity assesses students' knowledge and understanding of conservation of momentum.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Law of Conservation of Momentum
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The law of conservation of momentum and how it is transferred and conserved.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Momentum Conservation Principle
A tutorial that explains the law of conservation of momentum using examples, an animation, a video, and interactives. Includes questions for self-checking one's understanding.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Conservation of Momentum
This article helps students understand and apply Newton's third law and the conservation of momentum.
Libre Text
Libre Texts: Physics: Conservation of Momentum
Understand how the momentum of an object remains constant if there is no outside force involved. Examine translation symmetry. The article is wrapped up with a collection of homework problems to solve.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy of Motion
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...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Conservation of Momentum
The conservation of momentum is technically explained along with a diagram.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: Conservation of Momentum
This site provides a set of four Physics problems dealing with the conservation of momentum principle.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elastic Collisions
[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.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Collisions of Point Masses in Two Dimensions
From a chapter on Linear Momentum and Collisions in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter discusses collisions in two dimensions, what point masses are, how to calculate the conservation of momentum, what happens when two...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Angular Momentum and Its Conservation
By the end of this section, you will be able to understand the analogy between angular momentum and linear momentum, observe the relationship between torque and angular momentum, and apply the law of conservation of angular momentum.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Collisions of Point Masses in Two Dimensions
By the end of this section, you will be able to discuss two-dimensional collisions as an extension of one-dimensional analysis, define point masses, derive an expression for conservation of momentum along the x-axis and y-axis, describe...
Learn AP Physics
Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Conservation of Momentum
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews the conservation of momentum including impulse, elastic and inelastic collisions, linear momentum, and center of mass. Site contains links to...