Mar 22, 2019 | Lessons, Momentum, Velocity
AboutStudentsVocabularyTeachers Use inclined ruler ramps to explore how mass affects a marble's "bashing power." Key Questions What determines if one car has more momentum than another in a two-car collision? Does increasing an object's mass increase its momentum or...
Mar 22, 2019 | Impulse, Lessons, Momentum
AboutStudentsVocabularyTeachers Build a paper landing-pad for a dropped egg to explore how airbags reduce crash forces. Key Questions How do people survive major vehicle collisions? How do the laws and principles of physics demonstrate the effectiveness of safety...
Mar 22, 2019 | Energy, Lessons
AboutStudentsVocabularyTeachers Throw a tennis ball into the air and collect data to determine impact speed. Key Questions What happens to all of the energy in a falling ball when it hits the ground? How is the maximum kinetic energy of a moving object related to its...
Mar 22, 2019 | Additional Highway Safety Topics, Collision, More Videos
About Best Vehicles for Teens Getting a license is an important milestone for many teens, but being a beginning driver carries special risks. Teen drivers have crash rates 3 times those of drivers 20 and older per mile driven. Driving vehicles that meet important...
Mar 22, 2019 | Inference, Lessons
AboutStudentsVocabularyTeachers Explore how different distractions affect the time it takes to complete a numbered finger maze. Key Questions How do different types of distractions affect the time required to complete a task? How can driving while distracted be...
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