Physics of the Universe · Week 3 · Forces and Motion
Momentum and Collisions
Calculating momentum in collisions and reflecting on how our words and actions transfer impact to others.
- Students will
- Students calculate momentum before and after a collision and explain how words and actions transfer impact to others.
- SEL skill
- Describe how a word or action lands on another person from that person's point of view
- What it looks like
- Students practice empathy by describing how a word or action lands on another person.
- Content focus
- Momentum and collisions
- Format
- Partner exchange
Social awareness
Social awareness is listening for another person's point of view and responding with empathy. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-PS2-2: High School Physical Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP5 Using mathematics and computational thinking
- Crosscutting concept: CCC4 Systems and system models
- Literacy in science: RST.11-12.3 Follow a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments or taking measurements.
- Traditional course: Physics
Fits these textbook chapters
- Physics Techbook, Concept 1.4: Solving Motion Problems
- Physics Techbook, Concept 1.5: Conservation of Momentum
- Inspire Physics, Unit 3: Momentum and its Conservation
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Physics in the Universe, Unit 2: Momentum and Collisions
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More social awareness activities for Physics of the Universe
- Gravity Holds Us Social awarenessUsing the law of gravitation to predict attraction and noticing the invisible pulls between people in a community.
- Fields We Cannot See Social awarenessModeling the fields between interacting objects and recognizing the unseen pressures classmates may be carrying.
- Geothermal Power Social awarenessModeling thermal energy at the particle scale in geothermal brine and considering how Imperial Valley communities experience new energy projects.
- Moving Plates Social awarenessArguing from rock age data for plate motion and recognizing how slow, steady change shapes people too.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.