Curated OER
Price Elasticity of Demand
A series of economic activities should keep your class busy for a while. Six different worksheets review the concepts of price elasticity, demand, and U.S. economics. Multiple real-world applications and scenarios house each of the ten...
Federal Reserve Bank
Higher Gasoline Prices: Temporary or Time to Buy a Hybrid?
Gasoline prices garner a lot of attention in the United States. What can explain a temporary decline in gasoline consumption, and how do gasoline prices spur innovation in the energy and automotive industries?
Curated OER
Elasticity Coefficients
In this Elasticity Coefficients worksheet, students read background, analyze sample problems (formulas and equations), solve their own problems, and answer questions.
Curated OER
Microeconomics Study Guide, Section II: Elasticities
In this economics worksheet, students define elasticity, calculate ranges of elasticity, and label diagrams pertaining to the concept of elasticity.
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Elasticity
Students are introduced to the topic of elasticity. As a class, they identify demand as being either price elastic or price inelastic when given examples. They discover the relationship between percentage changes in the quantity sold...
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What is the Price Elasticity of Demand?
In this economics worksheet, students read a brief article regarding the price elasticity of demand and determine whether 6 items have prices that are elastic or inelastic and explain the reasons for each answer.
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Elasticity and Collapse
Students discuss the oil crisis and a future world without oil. In this oil lesson, students watch videos online based on the reduced oil supply. They discuss how their regional community depends on oil and what would happen if the oil...
Curated OER
Price Elasticity of Demand (PED)
In this economics activity, students respond to 18 short answer and problem solving questions regarding the concept of elasticity.
PBS
Elasticity of Demand
High schoolers explore the current economy and determine what items will or will not sell in a poor economy and why. After researching aspects of the current economy, reviewing a provided case study, completing the provided worksheet,...
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Elasticity of Demand and Changes in Total Revenue
In this Elasticity of Demand activity, students read background information, solve problems (equations), and provide short answers to several questions
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Crash! Bang!
Students study the physical force of linear momentum by investigating collisions. They analyze the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions. They calculate linear momentum.
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Review of Linear Momentum
In this linear momentum activity, students calculate force, impulse and momentum to answer 50 multiple choice questions. They identify elastic and inelastic collision.
CK-12 Foundation
Car Collision
When a car crashes into a wall, does it just stop or does it bounce or roll backwards? A simulation relates velocity, kinetic energy, momentum, and restitution to answer this question. Scholars apply their knowledge through eight levels...
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Supply and Demand
Young scholars define economic terms, list three conditions that must be present in order for demand to exist, define law of supply and demand, differentiate between buyer's and seller's markets, examine concept of elasticity, view...
Rice University
College Physics for AP® Courses
Take a look at an organized physics course. The 34-section electronic textbook covers material in AP® Physics 1 and 2. Teachers use the text to supplement lectures and have the class work through the labs. Each section contains multiple...
Bowels Physics
Impulse and Momentum
Be impulsive with your high school physics class. Emerging physicists review the slide presentation and learn about impulse, momentum, collisions, and how each variable may be affected. They complete practice problems and conclude with a...
Curated OER
Marginal Revenue for an Imperfect Competitor
In this Imperfect Competitor worksheet, students read then complete tables, graphs, and questions after making calculations and predictions.
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Collisions and Momentum: Bouncing Balls
Students explore the concepts of potential and kinetic energy by bouncing assorted balls on different surfaces and calculating the momentum for each ball. They give examples of collisions and momentum in sports and understand that...
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Bouncing Balls
Students work together to examine how different types of balls react to colliding with different surfaces. They discover the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions. They practice calculating momentum as well.
Illustrative Mathematics
Bank Shot
Young geometers become pool sharks in this analysis of the angles and lengths of a trick shot. By using angles of incidence and reflection to develop similar triangles, learners plan the exact placement of balls to make the shot....
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Determining Momentum and Energy Loss of Balls Colliding Against Different Surfaces
Young scholars experiment with the bounce of balls on various surfaces. In this physics lesson, students use various surfaces to bounce balls to study the momentum. This hands-on activity with the concepts of elasticity of surfaces which...
LABScI
Conservation of Momentum: Marble Collisions
What happens to the momentum of an object when it strikes another object? Scholars roll a marble down a ramp so it collides with another marble. By measuring the speed of each marble before and after the collision, pupils answer this...
CK-12 Foundation
Bumper Cars
Is the transfer of energy different in bumper cars with stable versus bouncy bumpers? One of the variables explored in the simulation is bumper type; other variables are the mass and velocity of each car. This allows pupils to see the...
CK-12 Foundation
Collisions
Is momentum conserved in a collision, along with energy, or are they opposing forces? Pupils vary the mass and velocity of two bumper cars along with the type of bumper in order to answer this question. Worksheet and in-simulator...