Engineering Safety in Collisions
by David Wirth
Students will study car barrier engineering in this lesson. They will study how Newton’s Second Law of motion can be applied to determine how to decrease the force of impact during a collision. They will then be given an engineering challenge where they will build a vehicle barrier out of paper and tape. A cell phone app will be used to determine which barrier is the most effective. Students enjoy this activity and the opportunity to be creative with STEM.
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qGmQJe6KVfgqagmf1q-pGRy-CN_EDtdU/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P3: Net Force Technology 2. Digital Citizen 4. Innovative Designer 5. Computational Thinker 6. Creative Communicator Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S3: Apply Mathematics to Engineering S4: Apply Science to Engineering S5: Apply Technology to Engineering S6: Apply Communications to Engineering Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD) Expressions and Equations (EE)
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