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Life-Size Collisions

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Arbor Scientific

Students will observe “explosions,” in which one student on a dynamics cart pushes another. From this, they will confirm the relationship between mass and velocity in determining momentum. They will also reinforce the idea of a closed system by experimenting with which student provides the pushing force. Then a single student on a cart will [...]

This post was posted in Labs, Forces and was tagged with collisions, Life-size, explosion, human dynamics carts
Bad Movie Science: Stunt Car Exploration

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Arbor Scientific

Hollywood is famous for creating stunts that defy the laws of physics. One of the most talked about is the movie "Speed". Could a fully loaded bus traveling at 50 mph (or faster) actually jump a 50 foot gap in a highway overpass? In this issue of CoolStuff you get a great classroom discussion topic and a download for a student activity allowing students to explore this classic Hollywood stunt.Here's the 1994 movie trailer...

This post was posted in CoolStuff Newsletters, Force & Motion and was tagged with explosion, Bad Movie Science, Stunt Car, Stunt Car Lab

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