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Newton’s Second Law: Rear End Collisions. Active Physics 3.4. January 25, 2012 Homework: 3.4 PTG, p 299 #1-7 due Friday. Learning Objective Apply Newton’s 1 st and 2 nd Law to automobile crashes Process Skill: Rewrite/Follow step-by-step procedures Success Criteria - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ACTIVE PHYSICS 3.4
Newton’s Second Law: Rear End Collisions
JANUARY 25, 2012HOMEWORK: 3.4 PTG, P 299 #1-7 DUE FRIDAY
Learning Objective Apply Newton’s 1st and 2nd
Law to automobile crashes Process Skill:
Rewrite/Follow step-by-step procedures
Success Criteria Describe the causes of
whiplash Provide examples of
Newton’s 1st and 2nd Laws in automobile crashes
Analyze safety devices in preventing whiplash
Do Now Copy LO and SC on
new left side page! WDYS/WDYT p 292
Agenda Do Now: Lab with more clay
crash dummies! Summary
Rewrite procedures in your own words. Be sure to leave spaces to record data
and observations OK with LePera before going into lab
REAR-END COLLISIONSMaterials Needed
Ramp2 Crash cartsManila FolderRing standClay passengersSeat papersScissorsMeter StickMasses
EXIT TICKET What type of seat causes less
whiplash? Explain why in terms of Newton’s 1st and 2nd Law.
Learning Objective Apply Newton’s 1st and 2nd
Law to automobile crashes Process Skill:
Rewrite/Follow step-by-step procedures
Success Criteria Describe the causes of
whiplash Provide examples of
Newton’s 1st and 2nd Laws in automobile crashes
Analyze safety devices in preventing whiplash
Do Now: Why is it important to
align the headrest appropriately to the height of the driver?
Agenda Do Now Physics Talk Summary
PHYSICS TALK 3.4 What is Newton’s
Second Law?
If a body is acted on by an unbalanced force, it will accelerate in the direction of the unbalanced force.
The acceleration will be larger for smaller masses.
The acceleration can be an increase in speed, decrease in speed, or change in direction.
F=ma
REAR-END COLLISION What is whiplash?
Why does it hurt?
A serious injury often caused by a rear-end collision.
The back of the seat, pushes the torso forward, leaving the head behind. This strains the neck and damages the alignment in the spine. The neck then snaps forward. Ouch!
Act out
NEWTON’S SECOND LAW Important note
about Newton’s second law
All accelerations are caused by unbalanced, outside forces
It does not say that all forces cause acceleration, only unbalanced ones.
How does Newton’s Second law apply to holding a book?
The force of your hand and the force of gravity are opposite forces acting on the same object, so the forces cancel out = no net force
How does Newton’s Second Law apply to a car traveling at a constant speed?
Since there is no acceleration, there is no net force. This means the forces are balanced.
The forces of the engine on the tires and road moving the car forward must be equal and opposite of the air pushing back on the car
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: Pg. 298 What does it mean? How do you know? Why should you care?
EXIT TICKET How does Newton’s Second Law apply
to rear-end collisions and whiplash?