Explores the concept of conservation of momentum in two dimensions in the context of fireworks, bumper cars, open-pit mining, and within the isolated system of an air table. The problem-solving strategy using components is reinforced.
Subjects: Physics
-
Electric Fields – Resource Correlation Guide – Unit 2
Provides additional information, experiments and problems on concepts presented in the video programs.
-
Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
Elastic and inelastic collisions are analysed. A montage of sports images reveals that most collisions are inelastic. Uses criteria of conservation of kinetic energy for elastic collisions to solve for an unknown quantity in several examples.
-
Current Electricity – Resource Correlation Guide – Unit 2
Provides additional information, experiments and problems on concepts presented in the video programs.
-
Conservation of Momentum and Energy
Exploring the physics of a soccer game, a projectile spring and a ballistic pendulum, leads to the understanding of the concepts of energy and momentum. Problem solving and combining many physics ideas into one solution is emphasized.
-
Physics: A World in Motion – Resource Correlation Guide
Provides additional information, experiments and problems on concepts presented in the video programs.
-
Conservation of Engergy – Resource Correlation Guide – Unit 1
Provides additional information, experiments and problems on concepts presented in the video programs.
-
Conservation of Momentum – Resource Correlation Guide – Unit 1
Provides additional information, experiments and problems on concepts presented in the video programs.
-
Electrostatics and Electric Forces – Resource Correlation Guide – Unit 2
Provides additional information, experiments and problems on concepts presented in the video programs.
-
The Shedding Light on Motion series
The physics of motion is best taught by actually showing things moving! Diagrams on a white board and pictures in a text book just don’t cut it. The Shedding Light on Motion series brilliantly covers all the essentials of the topic of motion, including speed, acceleration, relative motion, the use of graphs, and Newton’s three laws of motion.
This series is ideal for all teachers who want to teach the topic of motion, whether they’re experienced physics teachers or graduate non-physics teachers who have suddenly found themselves in the deep end! Your rescue is at hand!!
- Why are we “thrown forward” in a head-on collision?
- We push off the ground to propel ourselves forward, but how does a rocket engine propel itself in space?
- How does James Bond survive falling out of an aeroplane without a parachute?
- What speed does Usain Bolt actually reach when he runs the 100m?
- Why do you see lightning before you hear the thunder that it produces?
- How fast can you kick a football?
- At what speed do you hit the water when you jump off a 10-metre diving platform?
- Can you play tennis on an aeroplane?
These questions, and many more, are answered in this student-friendly, highly engaging series, so check them out!