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Why do sprinters wear spiked shoes? Scholars explore various styles of shoes and how they handle forces when running. Scholars adjust variables including shoe type, horizontal force, surface type, and normal force to determine which combination offers the least amount of slipping.
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CCSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
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Instructional Ideas
- Invite someone from a running store to bring in different styles of shoes to compare the tread
Classroom Considerations
- Requires a free CK-12 account to access the interactive
- Assumes prior knowledge of normal force and friction force
Pros
- Encourages higher level thinking skills when applying the concept to which shoes are best on ice
- Offers a tutorial for those that don't understand how to control the simulation
Cons
- None