Physics 3310: What's Stopping You NOW??? [CSI: A Real Accident Scenario]
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Evaluation
Assessment Strategies:
1. Students will predict and calculate the correct stopping distance for a traveling vehicle when speed and coefficient of static friction is given.
2. Students will recognize and calculate that when speed is doubled then the stopping distance will increase four times the stopping distance of the original speed.
3. Students will recognize and calculate that when speed is tripled then the stopping distance will increase nine times the stopping distance of the original speed.
4. Students will recognize that condition of tires and the condition of the road surface directly contributes to the increasing or decreasing of the stopping distance of a moving vehicle.
5. Students will explain why it is unsafe to speed and tailgate at a high speed especially in a bad weather condition.
6. Students will explain why it is unsafe to drive with worn out tires at a high speed especially in a bad weather condition.
7. Students will relate the activity to real life events on our highways.
8. Teacher observation and student generated work and responses.
9. Students will be assessed with a similar problem on a unit test at the completion of the unit.
1. Students will predict and calculate the correct stopping distance for a traveling vehicle when speed and coefficient of static friction is given.
2. Students will recognize and calculate that when speed is doubled then the stopping distance will increase four times the stopping distance of the original speed.
3. Students will recognize and calculate that when speed is tripled then the stopping distance will increase nine times the stopping distance of the original speed.
4. Students will recognize that condition of tires and the condition of the road surface directly contributes to the increasing or decreasing of the stopping distance of a moving vehicle.
5. Students will explain why it is unsafe to speed and tailgate at a high speed especially in a bad weather condition.
6. Students will explain why it is unsafe to drive with worn out tires at a high speed especially in a bad weather condition.
7. Students will relate the activity to real life events on our highways.
8. Teacher observation and student generated work and responses.
9. Students will be assessed with a similar problem on a unit test at the completion of the unit.
Solution set for Teachers:
| stopping_distance_vs_speed_lab_te_solution.pdf |