Henry Ford Museum
Physics, Technology and Engineering in Automobile Racing
Start your engines! This five-lesson unit introduces physics and Newton's laws through automobile racing. Each lesson includes background information, a student worksheet, and an answer key. There are also culminating...
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Sailing Through Bernoulli
Students participate in a class discussion about Bernoulli's principle while looking at cross-sections of an airplane wing, and discussing the sail on a sailboat and the spoiler on a race car.
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The Basics: Physical Science
Students view a video on friction and examine how friction and gravity affect some sports. In this investigative activity students write a paragraph and draw a picture that illustrates how friction and gravity affect sports.
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Discovery Science Library: The Basics Physical Science
Pupils examine friction and gravity. affect four sports. In this scientific discovery lesson, students examine how friction and gravity affect sports. They discuss, write, and illustrate the effect of different forces on various...
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Newton: Force and Motion
In this forces learning exercise, students use the equations for acceleration and Newton's second law to learn about different motions and forces. This learning exercise has 7 problems to solve.
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Magnesium: From Sea Water to Fireworks
In this magnesium instructional activity, students read about how magnesium is extracted from sea water and the different uses of magnesium. Then students complete 4 short answer questions.
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Design Team Challenge
Students work in groups to build a robot. In this robotics lesson, students create an electronic robot and program it to follow directions. They create an obstacle course for the robot to follow and test its performance.