PHET Solar System Momentum Lab
PHET Collision Lab
*This PhET simulation will not run on the ipad.
*The simulation is needed to answer conceptual questions and to determine the velocities after the collision.
*Click on 'More Data' button to view velocities and increase the masses above 3 kg.
*Turn on the 'Center of Mass' and observe how it moves or does not move for the different collisions.
*The simulation is needed to answer conceptual questions and to determine the velocities after the collision.
*Click on 'More Data' button to view velocities and increase the masses above 3 kg.
*Turn on the 'Center of Mass' and observe how it moves or does not move for the different collisions.
*Lab 2 involves the calculation of kinetic energy and the concept of kinetic energy conservation.
*Lab 2 does not require the simulation and can be completed without at computer.
*Lab 2 does not require the simulation and can be completed without at computer.
Ballistic Pendulum Lab
F1:10, F2:8
*Energy must be conserved, but kinetic energy may not be conserved. Inelastic collisions create heat, by converting kinetic energy into heat energy.
Steel Ball and Magnets Momentum Lab
*Do NOT use a stop watch to measure time in the air. Use kinematic equations!
Cart Momentum Video Lab
*You do not need to complete the 'pre-lab' questions. Only use the above pdf link as a guide for video analysis in loggerpro. Instructions for your write ups are listed below.
2016-2017
Instructions:
You will individually turn in two video analyses comparing momentum and kinetic energy before and after a collision (one elastic and one inelastic collision). Show your math! You can do one analysis with a partner, but the second should be on your own. Try to choose different collision scenarios from your group members. Take frequent screen shots of logger pro of your step by step work. Show your work when determining how momentum is conserved. If kinetic energy is not conserved, please determine how much energy became heat. Show your math. Turn in your work to CANVAS by midnight on Friday. The file you upload should be a pdf which includes both analyses. Make certain you indicate which analysis is your own and which is with a partner. Please include the name of your partner.
Instructions:
You will individually turn in two video analyses comparing momentum and kinetic energy before and after a collision (one elastic and one inelastic collision). Show your math! You can do one analysis with a partner, but the second should be on your own. Try to choose different collision scenarios from your group members. Take frequent screen shots of logger pro of your step by step work. Show your work when determining how momentum is conserved. If kinetic energy is not conserved, please determine how much energy became heat. Show your math. Turn in your work to CANVAS by midnight on Friday. The file you upload should be a pdf which includes both analyses. Make certain you indicate which analysis is your own and which is with a partner. Please include the name of your partner.
2015-2016
Instructions for video analysis of the seven collision scenarios write up:
(1) Show mathematically that momentum is conserved. Take a screen shot of your graphs in logger pro and include them in your word document. Please be neat and organized.
(2) Estimate the amount of energy lost as heat during the collision. Show all work!
Compile all results into one word document file. Each group memeber must upload the compiled file to CANVAS.
Instructions for video analysis of the seven collision scenarios write up:
(1) Show mathematically that momentum is conserved. Take a screen shot of your graphs in logger pro and include them in your word document. Please be neat and organized.
(2) Estimate the amount of energy lost as heat during the collision. Show all work!
Compile all results into one word document file. Each group memeber must upload the compiled file to CANVAS.
2014-2015
Physics of Firearms Lab
*The mass discrepancy between the two carts should be somewhere between .5 to 1 kg.
*The the greater the mass of each cart, the slower the carts move (aka Newton's 2nd Law).
*Students should leave the Pasco carts upside down, wheels up when not in use.
*Students should be careful not to allow the carts to roll off the track.
*Students do NOT need to find 'k' to calculate the spring potential energy. Assuming no energy becomes heat or sound, the sum of the two kinetic energies of the carts is equal to the energy stored in the spring.
*The the greater the mass of each cart, the slower the carts move (aka Newton's 2nd Law).
*Students should leave the Pasco carts upside down, wheels up when not in use.
*Students should be careful not to allow the carts to roll off the track.
*Students do NOT need to find 'k' to calculate the spring potential energy. Assuming no energy becomes heat or sound, the sum of the two kinetic energies of the carts is equal to the energy stored in the spring.
Dart and Hotwheels Momentum Lab
Mystery of Newton's Cradle Lab
Individual Momentum Activities
*Assume that the golf ball rebounds with the same magnitude of velocity.
*After Cart A rebounds subtract 2 from its initial velocity AND make that magnitude negative to determine its final velocity. Cart A is traveling to the left after the collision and should therefore be negative.
Example: If the initial velocity of Cart A is +4.3 m/s, the final velocity of Cart A is -2.3 m/s.
Example: If the initial velocity of Cart A is +4.3 m/s, the final velocity of Cart A is -2.3 m/s.