Summary of Digital Lab: Collisions

Summary

The goal of these virtual labs are to allow students the opportunity to investigate into different factors that can impact collisions. Students will cause the collision of two objects and learn how various properties affect velocity and momentum.

Driving Questions

Collisions (1): Elastic Collisions & Velocity
Determine how the initial velocity of the red ball affects the final velocity of the green ball.
Determine how the mass of the green ball affects the final velocity of the green ball.
Determine how the mass of the green ball affects the final velocity of the red ball.
Determine how the mass of the red ball affects the final velocity of the red ball.
Collisions (2): Elastic Collisions & Momentum
Determine how the initial velocity of the red ball affects the total final momentum.
Determine how the mass of the green ball affects the total final momentum.
Determine how the mass of the red ball affects the total final momentum.
Collisions (3): Inelastic Collisions & Velocity
Determine how the initial velocity of the red train affects the total final velocity of the green train.
Determine how the mass of the green train affects the final velocity of the green train.
Determine how the mass of the green train affects the final velocity of the red train.
Determine how the mass of the red train affects the final velocity of the red train.
Collisions (4): Inelastic Collisions & Momentum
Determine how the initial velocity of the red train affects the total final momentum.
Determine how the mass of the green train affects the total final momentum.
Determine how the mass of the red train affects the total final momentum.

NGSS Standards