Crash Tests
Phenomenon: Different car crashes. make some observations on the films below.
Question: What makes one car crash more extreme as compared to another?
Question: What makes one car crash more extreme as compared to another?
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Car Collision experiments
Question:
What factors affect a collision between two cars? In other words, what makes the difference between a super colossal crash v. a small fender bender?
Student Hypothesies:
Out of this will come two labs. One based on speed and another based on mass. Both will look at collisions with a car colliding with a box of tissues - where we will measure the distance the box of tissues moves.
What factors affect a collision between two cars? In other words, what makes the difference between a super colossal crash v. a small fender bender?
Student Hypothesies:
- Speed
- Mass
- Structural Design
Out of this will come two labs. One based on speed and another based on mass. Both will look at collisions with a car colliding with a box of tissues - where we will measure the distance the box of tissues moves.
EXPERIMENT NO. 1: SPEED V. DISTANCE
Since we know that height affects speed, we're changing up the height to increase speed.
Question:
How does the height / speed of a moving car affect the distance a tissue box moves?
Experimental Design:
What we're going to do is change the speed of the car rolling down the ramp by changing the height of the ramp and measuring the distance the box of tissues moves after it collides.
Results:
Question:
How does the height / speed of a moving car affect the distance a tissue box moves?
Experimental Design:
What we're going to do is change the speed of the car rolling down the ramp by changing the height of the ramp and measuring the distance the box of tissues moves after it collides.
Results:
Reflection:
C: Based on your data, make a claim that shows your trend and answers your question at the same time.
E: What evidence do you have that supports your claim?
R: What is the reason why behind your results?
C: Based on your data, make a claim that shows your trend and answers your question at the same time.
E: What evidence do you have that supports your claim?
R: What is the reason why behind your results?
Experiment 2: MASS V. DISTANCE
Below is a student running the experiment.
Observe the mass she used and measure the distance the box of tissues moved, and make a data table out of the information provided below.
(hint, to find the data, look at the caption below the pictures).
Observe the mass she used and measure the distance the box of tissues moved, and make a data table out of the information provided below.
(hint, to find the data, look at the caption below the pictures).
Reflection:
C: Make a claim that shows your trend and answers your question at the same time.
E: What evidence do you have that supports your claim?
R: What is the reason why behind your results?
C: Make a claim that shows your trend and answers your question at the same time.
E: What evidence do you have that supports your claim?
R: What is the reason why behind your results?
final analysis
In these series of videos, we examine old technology and with more mass, v. new technology and with smaller mass. What do you think will happen as a final result?
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