Hot Wheels Lab: Part 2 - Momentum
LT: To collect evidence which tests that the momentum (force) an object exerts depends on its mass and how fast it is going.
Students run time trials on 14 cars and then weigh the cars. The average speed is multiplied by the weight to determine a hypothetical momentum of each car. The cars are ranked according to their hypothetical momentum. Then each car is run into a wooden block and the distance the block moves is measured. This value is considered as measurement of actual momentum developed by the car. The cars are ranked by actual momentum and the hypothetical and actual values are
compared.
LT: To collect evidence which tests that the momentum (force) an object exerts depends on its mass and how fast it is going.
Students run time trials on 14 cars and then weigh the cars. The average speed is multiplied by the weight to determine a hypothetical momentum of each car. The cars are ranked according to their hypothetical momentum. Then each car is run into a wooden block and the distance the block moves is measured. This value is considered as measurement of actual momentum developed by the car. The cars are ranked by actual momentum and the hypothetical and actual values are
compared.
