Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Collision Course

Bumper Cars
You can make up so many problems involving conservation of momentum with these things. It's also quite fun trying to re-enact some of them.

2 comments:

  1. I like to mess up other peoples' final velocity predictions by stashing some hidden mass inside the car by the pedals.

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  2. That's a good idea! I could then get the students to determine how much more massive your car is through rigorous calculations!

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