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Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications

Product ID: HiMAP Pull-Out
Supplementary Print
High School

Thrills and Spills In Motion I

Author: Marsha Davis, Pat Taylor



The activities in this Pull-Out serve both as an introduction to motion detector equipment and the study of motion. Students move within the field of a motion detector and investigate the resulting distance vs. time graph.

In the final activity, students apply what they have learned to the design of a near-collision stunt and test their design using toy cars.

©2000 by COMAP, Inc.
Consortium 75
8 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Calculus

Application Areas:

Physical Sciences , Physics

Prerequisites:

Finding an equation of a line and determining its slope

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