1. Which would be easier to stop, a runaway shopping cart or a runaway semitruck?
Why do you think so?
Thursday November 30, 2017
Continue on NEW Do-Now Sheet
Write Down
Date
Question
Answer
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi

2. Discuss Thursday November 30, 2017 Continue on NEW Do-Now Sheet
Write Down
Date
Question
Answer
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi

3. INTRO: Momentum Activity: Egg Drop Thursday November 30, 2017
Announcements:
Quiz Make-ups?
INTRO: Momentum
Activity: Egg Drop
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

4. Lesson is brought to you by…
SP3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the importance of conservation laws for mechanical energy and linear momentum in predicting the behavior of physical systems.
Construct an argument supported by evidence of the use of the principle of conservation of momentum to
explain how the brief application of a force creates an impulse.

5. Minute Physics - Landing on Mars
Videos
Minute Physics - Landing on Mars
MinutePhysics - The Physics of Car Crashes

6. Learning Objective
Explain how increasing the duration of an impact reduces the force of the impact.