Overview: In this unit, Newton’s second law of motion is linked to the concepts of momentum and impulse.
Focusing Questions: What characteristics of an object affect its momentum? How are momentum and impulse related? How does our understanding of concepts relating momentum and impulse influence the design of safety and sporting equipment?
Major Outcome: Students will explain how momentum is conserved when objects interact in an isolated system.
Key Concepts: impulse, momentum, Newton’s laws of motion, elastic collisions, inelastic collisions