Unit Plan

Unit Title: Momentum and Impulse Modeling Time Frame: 3 Weeks

Course: Physics II Grade Level: 9th 12th
CURRICULUM/STANDARDS
Arizona State Standards:
S5C2PO8. Analyze the impulse required to produce a change in momentum.
S5C2PO14. Quantify interactions between objects to show that the total momentum is conserved in both collision and recoil situations.

Next Generation Science Standards:

HS-PS2-3. Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a
macroscopic object during a collision

KEY THEMES/QUESTIONS
Why are objects crashing with each other? What are forces needed in such collision?
What happens when an object crashes into some object or surface?
Is velocity related to the objects crashing with the surface or another object?
What is the relationship between the mass of an object and speed?
What happens to an object when it speeds with some mass in each amount of time?
Will the crash or collision depend on some other external forces?
How are momentum and Impulse related? Could they be interchanged and used?
ASSESSMENT
Cart Explosions Lab

Momentum in Collisions Lab

Quiz 1: Impulse-Momentum theorem

Quiz 2: Conservation of Momentum

Impulsive Force Model Test

RESOURCES/MATERIALS
Apparatuses and Materials: Promethean Board, 2x4 whiteboards, Expo markers, Hoop spring, force sensor detector, Photogate(s), LoggerPro
Software, Force motion sensor, motion sensor strip tape, Two dynamics carts, picket fence, weights, Inclined Ramp, books for inclining slope,
scientific calculator, pencil, pen, and lab notebook.

Worksheets Handouts: Worksheet 1: Qualitative Impulse and Momentum, Worksheet 2: Impulsive Forces and Momentum, Conservation of
Momentum Problem-Solving examples (Momentum Bar graphs), Worksheet 3: Conservation of Momentum I, Worksheet 4: Conservation of
Momentum II, Impulse-Momentum Review Sheet

Quiz Handouts: Quiz 1: Impulse-Momentum theorem, Quiz 2: Conservation of Momentum

Exam Handout: Impulsive Force Model Test

Handouts are taken and arranged in order as needed from AMTA 2013, v4.0

Unit Calendar
Tucson High School is on a block schedule. Classes meet three times a week, two 90-minute classes and one 50-minute regular class on
Friday. Schedule is just Tentative and may be changed depending on pace of students and the class

Week Lesson 1 (90 minutes) Lesson 2 (90 minutes) Lesson 3 (50 minutes)
Why are objects crashing with each other? What are forces needed in such collision? What happens when an object crashes into
some object or surface?

Impulse Demo Discussion Momentum Worksheet 1 Momentum Lab

1 Students are shown demonstration
model of how Impulse takes place
Momentum Notes
General momentum theory and how
it is applied in our everyday lives
Work in class and be assigned Lab procedures explained
questions to present in whiteboards Lab set-up/procedure demonstrated
as an assigned group Conservation of Momentum Discussion

Is velocity related to the objects crashing What is the relationship between the mass of What happens to an object when it speeds
with the surface or another object? an object and speed? with some mass in each amount of time?

Quiz 1: Impulse-Momentum Theorem
2 Momentum Lab discussion
Review Notes
Momentum Worksheet 2
Work on last minutes of class
Finished for homework
Momentum Worksheet 2 (continue) Momentum Lab Report is Due
Discuss in the beginning of class Conservation of Momentum Animations
Assigned questions in group and (continue)
presented on whiteboard
Impulse of a Crash
Conservation of Momentum using
Animations (Blender)
 Will the crash or collision depend on some How are momentum and Impulse related? Test Day
other external forces? Could they be interchanged and used?
Short review for 15 minutes before exam
Quiz 2: Conservation of Momentum Present Momentum animations
Momentum Worksheet 3 Impulsive Force Model Test
3 Momentum Worksheet 4
Momentum in Collisions Lab Review Momentum and Impulse