Student Handout: The Momentum of Swimming Dolphins

Dolphins swim by bending their tails and pushing water. Explore the conservation of momentum in marine biology,

Related resources

• Reading: Swimming with the Dolphins

Topics

• aquatic animals
• dolphins
• engineering
• aquatic locomotion
• SP5
• HS-PS2-2
• closed system
• conservation of momentum
• conserved
• mass
• momentum
• velocity
• vortices