Review the key concepts, equations, and skills for elastic collisions, including how to predict objects' final velocities.

This site explains and gives examples of elastic potential energy and how to calculate it.

Read a passage about the elasticity and kinetics of vulcanized rubber and answer the follow-up questions.

An easy to understand description of "price elasticity of demand." Includes definitions, graphs, formulas, and examples of what kinds of goods may be elastic or inelastic.

Topics covered include definitions, examples of and differences between elasticity and plasticity, uses, Hooke's Law, and interesting facts.

This lesson focuses on forces and elasticity. Forces are responsible for changing the motion of objects. If more than one force is present, the shape of an object can also be changed. A link to a test is provided.

Practice what you've learned about cross-price elasticity of demand in this four-question exercise.

Students improve their understanding of momentum conservation and learn that a recoiling object in an elastic collision will transfer more impulse than if it collided inelastically.

Students will be given only the starting speeds of the two objects and that they will have an elastic collision. From this they must figure out the velocities of both cars after the collision.

This animation portrays the elastic collision between a 1000-kg car and a 3000-kg truck. The before and after collision velocities and momentum are shown in the data tables.

This animation below portrays the elastic collision between a 3000-kg truck and a 1000-kg car. The before and after collision velocities and momentum are shown in the data tables.

This animation below portrays the elastic collision between a 1000-kg car and a 3000-kg truck. The before and after collision velocities and momentum are shown in the data tables.

Many materials expand when heated and contract when cooled. What do you think will happen to the elasticity (stretchiness) of a rubber band when it is heated or cooled to various temperatures?

In the following interactive students will learn about Hooke's Law. They will explain this law using graphical representation between deformation and applied force and discuss the three types of deformations such as changes in length,...

This lab was designed to have students test the relationship between the force applied to a spring and the length of the spring. Students can work with 7 different springs.

Practice with Elastic Collisions.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students are asked to demonstrate and apply the law of conservation of momentum.

Students measure effects of elasticity by dropping rubber balls, graphing the height of the bounces, and making conclusions about the causes and effects of the bounces.

Students must predict the distance traveled by a box that has been projected horizontally by a compressed spring. The box will start with potential energy due to elasticity and it will turn into KE without loss. It will then lose its...

A very easy to understand description of "price elasticity of demand". Includes definitions, graphs, formulas, and examples of what kinds of goods may be elastic or inelastic.

A very easy to understand description of "price elasticity of demand". Includes definitions, graphs, formulas, and examples of what kinds of goods may be elastic or inelastic.

Students must find the value of the spring constant based on a graph of force vs. length.

Students must find how much energy has been added to a spring by looking at the Force vs. Spring Length graph.

Students determine the coefficient of restitution (or the elasticity) for super balls. Working in pairs, they drop balls from a meter height and determine how high they bounce. They measure, record and repeat the process to gather data...