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title: "SP3: Conservation Laws Overview (Georgia Science standard)"
code: SP3
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, SP3
subject: science
grades:
  - high-school
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# SP3: Conservation Laws Overview

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the importance of conservation laws for mechanical energy and linear momentum in predicting the behavior of physical systems.

- Subject: Science
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SP3.a**: Ask questions to compare and contrast open and closed systems.
- **SP3.b**: Use mathematics and computational thinking to analyze, evaluate, and apply the principle of conservation of energy and the Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem. * Calculate the kinetic energy of an object. * Calculate the amount of work performed by a force on an object.
- **SP3.c**: Plan and carry out an investigation demonstrating conservation and rate of transfer of energy (power) to solve problems involving closed systems.
- **SP3.d**: Construct an argument supported by evidence of the use of the principle of conservation of momentum to * explain how the brief application of a force creates an impulse. * describe and perform calculations involving one dimensional momentum. * connect the concepts of Newton's 3rd law and impulse. * experimentally compare and contrast inelastic and elastic collisions.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.