The 2016 Vehicle Safety Winners are...
Munford Elementary's Crash Test Smarties
Munford Elementary's Crash Test Smarties
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