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Safety Gear—Science of the Winter Olympics Instructional VideoSafety Gear—Science of the Winter Olympics Instructional Video
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National Science Foundation
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6th - 12th
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5:36
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Safety Gear—Science of the Winter Olympics

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Safety first! A science video explores the design of safety helmets. It considers both elastic and inelastic collisions.

14 Views 10 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

collisions, energy, elastic collisions, kinetic energy, potential energy, inelastic collisions

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Use a graphic organizer to record notes during the lesson
  • Ask pupils to bring in different types of helmets to analyze their effectiveness for absorbing a collision

Classroom Considerations

  • Lesson uses new vocabulary that may be difficult for English learners to understand

Pros

  • Consults a scientist in the field for explanations
  • Provides closed captioning to aid in note taking

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.6-8.7 RST.9-10.7 RST.11-12.7

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