Elastic Collisions in Two Dimensions - Preview 2

This is a free preview of my full Powerpoint presentation for “Elastic Collisions in Two Dimensions”.

It contains an example of an oblique collision between a sphere an a fixed surface. It also guides students through the use of the vector dot product.
The file is in PowerPoint slideshow format so that you can see the animation of the collision and the build up of the solution.

The full 19 slide PowerPoint presentation covers the content required for the
A-Level mathematics topic “Elastic Collisions in Two Dimensions”.

I developed it in order to teach the topic to my own students.

The content is based on the Edexcel FM1 specification, and chapter 5 of the Edexcel FM1 textbook.

I have used PowerPoint’s animation effects extensively.

All slides use the “appear” animation to build up the content in a clear, meaningful manner. I also used the “zoom”, “free motion” and “fade” animations to bring the collisions to life.

I have included extensive teacher notes with each slide.

The slides contain all the required theory, and detailed, worked examples for each of the three sections:

• Oblique Impacts with a Fixed Surface

• Successive Oblique Impacts

• Oblique Impacts of Smooth Spheres

Most examples are either fully original or extensively adapted/ modified from examples within the Edexcel textbook.

I hope you find the material useful in your teaching of the topic.

Please feel free to contact me if you spot any typos.

Regards

Gerard