Students learn to define and calculate potential energy and kinetic energy. Mechanical Energy: Students learn to define and calculate potential energy and kinetic energy. and to state and solve ...

Segment 4H: Conservation of Energy We explore the inner workings of a hydroelectric dam. Segment 4H: Conservation of Energy We explore the inner workings of a hydroelectric dam as we learn about the ...

In the last episode of MythBusters, they wanted to see if a tornado could make some glass cut off a person's head. The first attempt was just to take some glass and through it at a simulated human ...

The first semester of an undergraduate physics course invariably spends a lot of time on two big ideas: The momentum principle and the work energy principle. Both deal with forces acting on an object, ...

Newton's cradle or Newton's balls, named after Sir Isaac Newton is a device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy. It is constructed from a series of pendulums (usually five in number) ...