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The 2016 Vehicle Safety Winners are...
Munford Elementary's Crash Test Smarties
Munford Elementary's Crash Test Smarties
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Calera Intermediate's Eagleteers won 2nd Place.
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Meadow View's Winning Warriors ranked 3rd Place .
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Students will incorporate what they know about vehicle engineering, planning, decision making, problem solving, budgeting, managing time, communicating, and collaborating to design and construct (from mystery materials) a car that will roll down two different angled ramps with the goal of keeping a "mystery" passenger safe.
While this is an on-the-spot challenge, there are a number of ways teams can prepare so they can be successful on December 9, 2016. At the bottom of this page, there are a number of resources to help your team develop skills, knowledge, and understanding of the concepts needed for this challenge. The resources provided are simply a springboard; feel free to create your own activities or research other options.
LOOK BELOW for resources to prepare your team.
While this is an on-the-spot challenge, there are a number of ways teams can prepare so they can be successful on December 9, 2016. At the bottom of this page, there are a number of resources to help your team develop skills, knowledge, and understanding of the concepts needed for this challenge. The resources provided are simply a springboard; feel free to create your own activities or research other options.
LOOK BELOW for resources to prepare your team.
Alabama Course of Study Science Standards Alignment
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
3:1 Plan and carry out an experiment to determine the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object using one variable at a time, including number, size, direction, speed, position, friction, or air resistance (e.g., balanced forces pushing from both sides on an object, such as a box, producing no motion; unbalanced force on one side of an object, such as a ball, producing motion), and communicate these findings graphically.
3:2 Investigate, measure, and communicate in a graphical format how an observed pattern of motion (e.g., a child swinging in a swing, a ball rolling back and forth in a bowl, two children teetering on a see-saw, a model vehicle rolling down a ramp of varying heights, a pendulum swinging) can be used to predict the future motion of an object.
4:2b Demonstrate that different objects can absorb, reflect, and/or conduct energy.
5:6 Design and conduct a test to modify the speed of a falling object due to gravity (e.g., constructing a parachute to keep an attached object from breaking).*
Energy
4:1 Use evidence to explain the relationship of the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
4:3 Investigate to determine changes in energy resulting from increases or decreases in speed that occur when objects collide.
Vehicle Safety Resources
CONCEPTS/SKILLS
Math Skills / Concepts
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LESSONS/ACTIVITIES/ INTERACTIVESWEBSITES
gcsescience.com/pfm46.htm Physics for Kids: Collisions and Momentum Toyota Children's Site: How are Cars Made DOWNLOADS 
VIDEOS
Understanding Car Crashes: It's Basic Physics Car Safety: Science of Speed IIHS/HLDI: Reducing Your Risks In The Crash Inside IIHS: Crash test photography | ||
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
--Engineering Masters
--Engineering Masters
