This web page contains an interactive simulation on conservation of momentum. Users may choose from two views: a pair of ice skaters pushing off from each other or two blocks being forced apart. By controlling the masses of the two objects, users can observe their velocities as they move away from each other. Lesson ideas for instructors and directions for students can be accessed by clicking the "Help" button on the simulation.
This item is part of a larger collection of simulation-based physics modules sponsored by the MAP project (Modular Approach to Physics).
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=7198">University of Calgary. Modular Approach to Physics: Skaters and Blocks. Calgary: University of Calgary, February 11, 2004.</a>
Modular Approach to Physics: Skaters and Blocks (University of Calgary, Calgary, 2001), <http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/force/newton3/exploding_blocks/applet.html>.
Modular Approach to Physics: Skaters and Blocks. (2004, February 11). Retrieved September 9, 2024, from University of Calgary: http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/force/newton3/exploding_blocks/applet.html
University of Calgary. Modular Approach to Physics: Skaters and Blocks. Calgary: University of Calgary, February 11, 2004. http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/force/newton3/exploding_blocks/applet.html (accessed 9 September 2024).
Modular Approach to Physics: Skaters and Blocks. Calgary: University of Calgary, 2001. 11 Feb. 2004. 9 Sep. 2024 <http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/force/newton3/exploding_blocks/applet.html>.
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Title = {Modular Approach to Physics: Skaters and Blocks},
Publisher = {University of Calgary},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {9 September 2024},
Month = {February 11, 2004},
Year = {2001}
}
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