Lesson duration: 4 hours
Curriculum Expectations
LEARNING GOALS
We are learning to:
- apply work and energy concepts qualitatively and quantitatively
- distinguish between gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, and thermal energy
- apply the work-energy theorem and the law of conservation of energy
- Solve problems using Hooke’s law.
- Solve problems related to elastic potential energy and simple harmonic motion.
- Explain simple harmonic motion and damping and apply the knowledge to practical situations.
- solve problems using impulse and momentum
- analyze different types of collisions using momentum and energy
- analyze and compare the conservation of momentum and the conservation of energy
- Analyze the impulse of an object in two dimensions
- Analyze collisions in two dimensions using conservation of momentum
- Investigate two-dimensional collisions using a simulation
- Analyze several applications that involve momentum
SUCCESS CRITERIA
I am able to:
- calculate the work done on an object (positive, negative or zero work)
- describe the different forms of energy and energy conversions
- calculate gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, and thermal energy in various situations
- apply the work-energy theorem and the law of conservation of energy to various situations
- Calculate the spring constant through an investigation (experiment).
- Calculate the force exerted by a spring using Hooke’s Law.
- Use the formula for elastic potential energy.
- Solve problems involving elastic potential energy and simple harmonic motion.
- Describe why damping in simple harmonic motion is important
- calculate the impulse imparted on an object
- calculate the momentum of an object
- describe the differences between elastic and inelastic collisions using momentum and kinetic energy concepts
- use conservation of momentum to calculate various quantities such as mass of an object or speed
- Calculate the impulse experienced by an object in two dimensions
- Calculate velocity or mass of colliding objects in two dimensions using conservation of momentum
- Solve problems involving the conservation of momentum for elastic and inelastic collision
- apply work and energy concepts qualitatively and quantitatively
- distinguish between gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, and thermal energy
- apply the work-energy theorem and the law of conservation of energy
- Solve problems using Hooke’s law.
- Solve problems related to elastic potential energy and simple harmonic motion.
- Explain simple harmonic motion and damping and apply the knowledge to practical situations.
- solve problems using impulse and momentum
- analyze different types of collisions using momentum and energy
- analyze and compare the conservation of momentum and the conservation of energy
- Analyze the impulse of an object in two dimensions
- Analyze collisions in two dimensions using conservation of momentum
- Investigate two-dimensional collisions using a simulation
- Analyze several applications that involve momentum
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