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Momentum

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Students learn the concepts of momentum and its conservation, using the recoil of a cannon as an example. They examine how momentum is a vector, allowing its conservation to be applied to problems in 2 and 3 dimensions.

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astronomy, newtonian mechanics

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astronomy, newtonian mechanics, spaceflight, science
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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