Momentum and Energy
Unit Outline
1 - Conservation of Momentum in 1-D
Handout:
Oomph! Conservation of Momentum
Video - Newton's Cradle (0:52)
Video - Physics Girl - Stacked Ball Drop (3:33)
Video - Conservation of Momentum on the ISS (Challenger Centre, 1:58)
Video - Earl Haig - Conservation of Momentum Problems Part 1
Video - Earl Haig - Conservation of Momentum Problems Part 2
Homework:
Read pg. 222, 228-231
2 - Impulse and Momentum
Handout:
Momentum and Impulse - solutions
Group Challenge Problem: Guns and Movies
Video - Bullet-Proof Clothes - World's Strangest (3:41)
Video - Discovery - Bullet Proof Vest
Video - Physics of Superheroes - The Death of Gwen Stacy(5:35)
Homework:
Read pg. 223-226
Do pg. 226 - #2, pg. 227 - #10, 12
3 - Force, Energy and Momentum during a Collision
Handout:
Types of Collisions; Force, Energy and Momentum during Collisions
Types of Collisions; Force, Energy and Momentum during Collisions - solutions
PhET Simulation - 1D and 2D Collisions
Video - Earl Haig - Elastic and Inelastic Collisions (3:21)
Video - Professor Dave - Elastic and Inelastic Collisions (5:13)
Video - Understanding Car Crashes - Momentum (8:18)
Homework:
Read pg. 233-238
4 - Conservation of Momentum in 2-D
Handout:
Car Crash! Solving 2-D Collision Problems
Car Crash! Solving 2-D Collision Problems - solutions
Video - Physics Girl - Conservation of Momentum demonstration
Video - Discover News - Inside the World's Largest Particle Accelerator
Homework:
Read pg. 249-252
5 - Collisions and 2-D Momentum
Handout:
2D Collision Analysis - solution
2D Momentum Challenge Problem - Armageddon
Homework:
Read pp. 249-252
7 - Net Work, GPE, KE, Work-Energy Theorem
Handout:
Homework:
8 - Conservation of Energy
Handouts:
Video - Roller Coaster Conservation of Energy problem
Video - Potential and Kinetic Energy in a Roller Coaster
Video - Conservation of Energy demonstration
Video - High road, low road experiment
Homework:
Read pg. 184-188
Do pg. 187 - #1, pg. 191 - #5
9 - Elastic Energy
Handouts:
Hooke's Law and Elastic Energy
Video - Veritasium - Bungee Jumping Acceleration
Video - Veritasium - Bungee Jumping Acceleration Answer
Homework:
Read pg. 192-194, 203-206
Read pg. 195-196, 201-205
11 - Gravity Fields and Rocket Science: Part I
Handout:
Rocket Science and GPE - solutions
Video Tutorial - calculating gravitational potential energy
Video - Veritasium - Rocket Science
Homework:
12 - Gravity Fields and Rocket Science: Part II
Video Tutorial - calculating binding energy
Video - Minute Physics - Rocket Science
Video Tutorial - calculating velocity to go into orbit
Video Tutorial - calculating velocity of a satellite in orbit
Homework:
13 - Gravity Fields and Rocket Science: Part III
Video - Earth Moon Gravity Wells
Video - Neil deGrasse Tyson explains wormholes and blackholes
Video - Black Holes Explained - from birth to death
Video - How do satellites get and stay in orbit? (SciSchow, 4:15)
Momentum and Energy Test - May