PREDICTION CHALLENGE: MEETING POINT
CHALLENGEAt what position will two cars collide if they are released from opposite ends at different times?
Cars are 2 meters apart, one car is released 3 seconds after the first one.
MATERIALS AVAILABLE: two battery operated cars, metersticks, stopwatch (optional: spark timer and tape, DataStudio and motion sensor, camera and LoggerPro)
TASK:
- Design a procedure to test your prediction
- What measurements do you need to make?
- Use equations to make your prediction: clearly show your work
- Document the task: verbal description, position vs time graphs (hand drawn)
(Thanks to Dolores Gende for this activity)