airbags worked. Equipment: Model vehicle, misconception about Encourage them to use usually a dynamics trolley; head-on collisions. the words force and ramp; books or other objects to Discuss this with acceleration or prop up one end of the ramp; students, and explain momentum, in their barrier fastened to bottom of why the second sentences. ramp (e.g. block of wood and statement is the correct G-clamp); light gate and data one. logger; materials for building a There is a MythBusters crumple zone, such as demonstration of this cardboard or stiff paper, sticky (search for tape; Blu-tack®, or Plasticine; ‘Mythbusters car crash eye protection force’) that can be found on the internet. Optional: masses; balance; force sensor and data logger; mobile phone with accelerometer; video camera or mobile phone with slow video playback facility Written by Mark Levesley, Penny Johnson, Sue Kearsey, Iain Brand, Nigel Saunders, John Ling and Steve Gray. Some content is adapted from existing material originally authored by Ann Fullick, James de Winter, Sue Robilliard, Miles Hudson, and Peter Ellis. Used with permission.
airbags worked. Encourage them to use the words force and acceleration or momentum, in their sentences. Equipment: Model vehicle, usually a dynamics trolley; ramp; books or other objects to prop up one end of the ramp; barrier fastened to bottom of ramp (e.g. block of wood and G-clamp); light gate and data logger; materials for building a crumple zone, such as cardboard or stiff paper, sticky tape; Blu-tack®, or Plasticine; eye protection Optional: masses; balance; force sensor and data logger; mobile phone with accelerometer; video camera or mobile phone with slow video playback facility misconception about head-on collisions. Discuss this with students, and explain why the second statement is the correct one. There is a MythBusters demonstration of this (search for ‘Mythbusters car crash force’) that can be found on the internet. Written by Mark Levesley, Penny Johnson, Sue Kearsey, Iain Brand, Nigel Saunders, John Ling and Steve Gray. Some content is adapted from existing material originally authored by Ann Fullick, James de Winter, Sue Robilliard, Miles Hudson, and Peter Ellis. Used with permission.