Linear momentum and Newton's Laws of Motion
Description
In section one of this program, colliding basketball players demonstrate the Principle of Conservation of Momentum, while section two debuts all three of Newton's Laws of Motion, as illustrated by moving a large bookcase, hanging from a rope, and pushing against a wall. Newtonian concepts of inertia, force, mass, weight, equilibrium, tension, and momentum, plus free-body diagramming, are also covered. "Live the laws, love the laws, be one with the laws.
Runtime
24 min
Series
- Physics: The Standard Deviants Core Curriculum (10)
- The Cambridge Educational Core Curriculum Video Libraries (90)
- Science Core Curriculum Video Library (18)
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Date of Publication
[2005], c1999
Database
Films on Demand
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