Kylie
3rd Grade Silva
Wheelchair Curling
There are several Olympic sports played every four years. Wheelchair curling is one of them. To begin, in 2006 Wheelchair curling was introduced in Canada. But before that, it was originally played in Europe in the late 1990’s. It was introduced in North America in 2002. Also, the equipment an athlete needs for Wheelchair curling is a personal Wheelchair. They would also need a telescopic delivery stick and a puck. Last, the rules on how to score points. How athletes score points is to have the closest stone to the middle. Also stones or pucks can be slid by hand. Wheelchair curling is very hard and also shows Newton's laws of motion.
Next, wheelchair curling has many different forces at work. To begin, forces. Balanced forces are when an object is at rest. These types of forces can be seen in the sport of wheelchair curling when the stone is not moving. This is a balanced force because nothing is touching the stone except gravity. Unbalanced forces is when an object is in motion. These types of forces can be seen in the sport of wheelchair curling when the player’s is in motion. Newton’s first law of motion states when an object is at rest it stays at rest until a force acts upon it, if an object in motion stays in motion until a force acts upon it. In the game wheelchair curling the stone is at rest until another object acts upon it, the stone will stay moving until friction stops it. A person is in motion and stops moving when friction stops the player and the wheelchair.
The greater the mass of an object the more force it will take to move it. This is Newton’s second law. Force is a push or pull. There are two kinds of forces, balanced and unbalanced. Forces in the sport of wheelchair curling are the players, the delivery stick, and the stone. Mass is something that takes up more space. Examples of mass in wheelchair curling are the players, the wheelchair, the stone, and the delivery stick. Acceleration is when an object changes direction or speed. Examples of acceleration in wheelchair curling is the stones and the delivery stick. The force of the delivery stick impacts the acceleration of the stone by pushing it to go faster and sometimes even change direction. The acceleration of the delivery stick’s mass effects the stone’s acceleration. Athletes can product the acceleration of the objects by knowing how much force to apply when pushing the stone. A less powerful push will move the stone slower and not far. A harder push will move the stone faster and farther. If athletes change where the push on the stone it will change the direction of where the stone goes. There is one final law that is shone in the sport of wheelchair curling. Overall, Newton’s second law can be seen throughout Wheelchair curling.
To begin, Newton’s third law of motion. Newton’s third law is for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Actionis movement. Some examples of movement are walking, playing ping pong, or when you run. A reaction is movement again or a force acting again. Some examples of action and reactions in wheelchair curling is when you push down on the wheels, the wheels push on the ground and make the chair go forwards. If you push the stone, the stone will go forwards. If a stone knocks into another stone, that stone goes forwards. And if friction slows the stone down, the stone will eventually stop. This is a long example of how one reaction causes another reaction. Truly, the sport of Wheelchair curling is hard and slippery. Physics can be seen in the sport of Wheelchair curling.