May 6

th
, 2014
Do Now:
Write how you connect to todays quote in your
notebooks.

Quote of the Day:
Analysis is like going to the gym for your brain. It
sharpens your mind.

-Danica McKellar


Agenda: May 6
th
, 2014
Objective: I can challenge myself to become proficient in the
analytical skills required to investigate car accident by the end of
the unit.
Choices-
{Lets Talk}: PBATs
{Lets Push Your Thinking}: Conservation of
momentum
{Lets Learn}: Work Energy Theorem
Express Yourself}
{Lets Talk} PBATs
7 tasks required:
1. Pre and Post Understanding Check
2. CSI Training Packet
3. CSI Exhibition Packet
4. Elastic Collision Lab
5. Inelastic Collision Lab
6. Paper
7. Visual

Work Energy Theorem
The work energy theorem states: The
work done on an object by a net force
equals the change in kinetic energy of the
object
We know that after the collision the cars
stop moving so their velocity goes to zero.
So the change in KE only ends up with
one term, like how I used it here.

W = KE
f
- KE
i
.
2
3 2 1
2
3 2 1
2
3 2 1
2
) (
2
1
) (
2
1
) (
2
1
*
2
1
*
v m m mgd
v m m d F
v m m d F
mv d F
KE W
norm
fric

#1 (velocity of two cars immediately after the

collision if the coefficient of friction is 0.7)
2
3 2 1
2
3 2 1
2
3 2 1
2
) (
2
1
) (
2
1
) (
2
1
*
2
1
*
v m m mgd
v m m Fnormd
v m m d Ffric
mv d Fnet
KE W

m (m
1
+m
2
)g d =
1
2
(m
1
+m
2
)v
3
2
.7(1580 kg+3084kg)9.81
m
s
2
(d)
3
=
1
2
(4664kg)v
3
2
.7(4664)9.8
m
s
2
(d) =
1
2
(4664kg)v
3
2
9.81
m
s
2
d = v
3
2
v
3
2
=
m
2
s
2
v
3
=
m
s
Scenario #1
Find total mass for each car
Find stopping distance from image
Velocity Before a Car Crash (case 1:inellastic collision) if
one car is moving and the other is at rest
p
before
= p
after
m
1
v
1
+m
2
v
2
= (m
C
+m
F
)v
3
(1580 kg)(v
1
) +(3084kg) (0) = (1580kg+3084kg)
m
s
The velocity of the Ford
Focus before the car crash
is m/s[E]
Scenario #2

Velocity Before a Car Crash (case 1:inellastic collision)
p
before
= p
after

m
1
v
1
+ m
2
v
2
= (m
1
+ m
2
)v
3
( )(v
1
) +( kg) (0) = ( kg + kg)
m
s
The velocity of the Ford
Focus before the car crash
is m/s[E]
Scenario #3

Velocity Before a Car Crash (case 1:inellastic collision)
p
before
= p
after
The velocity of the Ford
Focus before the car crash
is m/s[E]

m
1
v
1
+ m
2
v
2
= (m
1
+ m
2
)v
3
( )(v
1
) +( kg) (0) = ( kg + kg)
m
s
Express Yourself
Connect: How are the ideas from computer
physics related to concepts that you already
know?
Extend: What new ideas from the lessons on
car collisions did you get that
extended/shifted your thinking?
Challenge: What challenges or questions have
come up in your mind after conducting
todays assignment?