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Did you know only 80-90% of passengers wear a seat belt in a moving car? Young scholars use clay and a cart to complete an experiment about what happens without a seat belt in a collision. The lesson includes Newton's Second Law of Motion, inertia, and the three collisions in every accident.
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Instructional Ideas
- Teach this in cooperation with driver's education
Classroom Considerations
- If a laboratory cart isn't empty and available, a scooter or large toy truck works
- Carefully select where to complete the activity, making sure not to disturb those sharing a wall
- The fourth in a series of nine lessons
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- Provides homework questions that allows for additional practice
- Includes extension ideas to continue the lesson
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