Momentum and Conservation of Momentum
Helpful before this lesson
- Not completed: Mass and Weight
- Not completed: Newton's Third Law of Motion
- Not completed: Velocity
These topics can make this lesson easier, but you can start now.
Learning Objectives
- Students will understand momentum as a fundamental quantity in physics
- Students will apply conservation of momentum in isolated systems
- Students will calculate momentum changes and solve collision problems
Core Concepts
- Momentum: p = mv (product of mass and velocity)
- Momentum is conserved in isolated systems
- Total momentum before equals total momentum after