This lab is about energy transformation from potential to kinetic and back again, as well as the partially elastic collision between the golf ball and the Earth.
Student Outcomes
- Examine the difference between momentum and energy
- Quantify an object’s energy and identify the type of energy it has
- Observe the conversion of potential energy into kinetic energy
- Calculate the momentum of a moving object
- Determine the amount of energy dissipated in a collision
- Use graphical methods to predict the outcome of an experiment