Digital Agenda 9/19: Collisions Lab

Standards:
MS-PS2-1 Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.



Objectives
1.   By the end of the period, students will investigate the direction and strength of forces caused by collisions (cause and effect) by setting up collisions with hands-on materials and by analyzing numerical data from a Simulation by completing the Collisions Lab with a 3 or better according to the rubric




1. Do Now: Collisions Pre-Quiz


2. Stations

Collaborative
Collisions Lab Handout

Link for :  Force and Motion Simulation 
To view
1. Click "Login with Clever"
2. Sign in with your Achieve Username and Password
3. For the first simulation, go to the drop down menu scroll down, and click on  "Same Mass Collisions"

4. For the second simulation, go to the drop down menu, scroll down and click on "Different Mass Collisions"

For Each Trial:

1. Change the initial velocity of each object as described in your data table.
2. Press RUN and observe how the velocity of each object changes due to the collision. Record your observations in the data table. For the effect, choose from the following options:
   • speed up
   • slow down
   • start moving
   • stop moving
   • change direction
3. Press ANALYZE to determine the strength and direction of the force exerted on each object. Record in the data table.
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