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National Science Foundation: Science of the Winter Olympic Games: Shaun White Engineering the Half Pipe

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A mechanical engineer explains how the half-pipe is designed to give an Olympic snowboarder maximum air time so he can perform tricks. [5:22]

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Concepts
centripetal acceleration, snowboarding
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half-pipe, science of sports, engineering the half pipe, national science foundation & nbc learn, science of the winter olympic games, science of the winter olympic games: engineering the half pipe, science of the winter olympics, science360, winter olympics, half pipe, half pipe design, halfpipe
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional