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Teach Engineering: Bouncing Balls ActivityTeach Engineering: Bouncing Balls Activity
Publisher
TeachEngineering
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Grade
7th - 9th
Subjects
Science
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Activities & Projects
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For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
1030L
Activity

Teach Engineering: Bouncing Balls

Curated by ACT

Students examine how different balls react when colliding with different surfaces, giving plenty of opportunity for them to see the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions, learn how to calculate momentum, and understand the principle of conservation of momentum.

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Concepts

conservation of momentum, engineering, momentum, stem

Additional Tags

elastic, inelastic, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, collision

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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