National Science Foundation
Banking on Speed—Science of the Winter Olympics
Get on the right track! Young scholars learn about the importance of momentum and friction during a bobsled ride. A video lesson speaks to a bobsled designer to explain how he considers the physics during the design process.
PBS
The True Nature of Matter and Mass
Scientists know mass is energy, but what is energy? An engaging Space Time video delves into the topic as part of its The Origin of Matter and Time playlist. From quarks and gluons with no mass to the gravitational effect, the true...
Veritasium
Bullet Block Experiment
Can energy be created? The textbook says no, but then how do you explain what is going on here? The Veritasium video demonstrates an experiment related to energy. Scholars watch the set up, come up with a hypothesis, watch the test, then...
Numberphile
Pi and Bouncing Balls
Don't drop the ball—use a unique resource to teach your class even more about pi! Given a situation about balls bouncing off each other, viewers see how many bounces it takes for the larger ball to move in the other direction. This...
Bozeman Science
Momentum
Teach the basics of momentum through the video lesson. The instructor explains the concept of momentum, introduces the formula for momentum, and then demonstrates conservation of momentum. Problems include the momentum of multiple...
DoodleScience
Momentum
If you hit an object in the road when you're traveling at 60 mph, will it slow you down? Use the concept of momentum to explore this question. Make momentum calculations and predictions for velocity after collisions.
University of Florida
Understanding Car Crashes: It's Basic Physics!
Make an impact on young physicists with this fun collection of resources. After first watching a video and taking notes on the physics of car crashes, students go on to complete a series of activities that explore the...
DoodleScience
Collisions
What can you learn in two minutes? In this case, you can learn about collisions. Kinetic energy, momentum, elastic, and inelastic collisions are all included with definitions and a quick example of each.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Momentum: Ice Skater Throws a Ball
See how the conservation of momentum principles can be applied to a problem of an ice skater throwing a ball. This video lecture gives step by step example. [6:00]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Impacts and Linear Momentum: 2 Dimensional Momentum Problem
Solve a collision of balls in two dimensions problem using the conservations of momentum in this video. Video gives a step-by-step explanation of how to solve the problem to figure out what direction and velocity the balls travel after...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Momentum: 2 Dimensional Momentum Problem Part 2
Solve a collision of balls in two dimensions using the conservations of momentum in this video. Video discusses how specifically to use trigonometry to solve the direction and velocity of the balls after the collision. [9:32]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Conservation of Momentum
This lesson demonstrates how the momentum of a system is conserved.
Other
Mitk12 Videos: Mit Physics Demos: Conservation of Angular Momentum
Watch as Ryan spins a bike wheel where nothing crazy happens. But something weird happens when he flips it over. Learn about the conservation of angular momentum in this demonstration. [2:15]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Practice With Conservation of Momentum
Explore conservation of momentum with some example problems and equations. [9:07]
The Kid Should See This
Tksst: Physics Girl: The Stacked Ball Drop (And Supernovas)
What happens when you drop a stack of bouncy balls together? Watch this classic momentum transfer demonstration, and discover how it relates to a supernova. [3:33]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Momentum: Ice Skater Throws a Ball
A simple conservation of momentum problem involving an ice skater and a ball. [6:01]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Momentum: 2 Dimensional Momentum Problem
An example of conservation of momentum in two dimensions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bouncing Fruit Collision Example
David shows how to use conservation of momentum for a situation where two objects bounce off of each other. [9:12]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: 2 Dimensional Momentum Problem
A video showing an example of a conservation of momentum in two dimensions problem that is worked out step-by-step. [10:36]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Momentum: Ice Skater Throws a Ball
Learn how to solve a conservation of momentum problem in this video. This simple conservation of momentum problem involving an ice skater and a ball. [6:00]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Law of Conservation of Momentum
This lesson introduces the law of conservation of momentum.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Vectors & Conservation of Momentum
This lesson explains how vectors can be used to show that the momentum in a system is conserved.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Conservation of Momentum Defined Mathematically
A video showing how the equation for the conservation of momentum is derived using an example of balls colliding. Understand how to calculate momentum and impulse with this video. [9:28]