JOLINA ROSE PONGOD BSED 3D SCI TTL2

TASK 2: CREATING SAMPLE STUDENT OUTPUT

Group Activity: How are the laws of motion associated with the car accidents happening?

The group will be researching on how the three laws of motion are associated with certain car
accidents happening. They will determine how inertia, acceleration, and action-reaction plays a
role in vehicles through a Newton’s Olympics.

OUTPUT: The group will be writing and implementing a Newton’s Olympics. Newton’s
Olympics is a compilation of sequential activities. Each activity to be implemented must involve
at least one of the Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion and or related concepts.

*Sample of a Written Plan for a Newton’s Olympics

*video on implementation is separately attached
NAME: GRADE: DATE:

Task 1: Let’s go ride!

All members of each group will ride a public transport. The task is to observe what
happens when the car suddenly stops to ferry more passengers. Some will be aided
with a seatbelt while others are not.

After 3 trials the students will answer the following questions:

1. What happens when the car suddenly stops?

2. Which of the Newton’s Law was applied and how?

Task 2: Let’s have car race!

The class will be having a race. 2 members of each group will ride different transports.
One of which will ride a bicycle while the other take the cab. The students will observe
how each transport manoeuvre to reach their destinations.

After the activity students will answer the following questions:

1. Which student reach the destination first?

2. Which of the Newton’s Law was applied and how?

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Task 3: Let’s Slide!

In this activity the students will try sliding an object on different surfaces. Different
surfaces may vary but the standard should be a rough surface and a smooth surface.
Students will observe how a certain force acts on different surfaces. Student will do the
activity 3 times to have consistent observations.

After the activity students will answer the following questions:

1. What do you call the force opposing your motion (when you slide the object)?

2. Which surface has more resistance of the friction?

Task 4: Let’s Push

Students will work by pair, A and B. One (A) will try to push the wall, B will observe. A
will push harder. Observe what happens. Then the pair will switch on roles. Student will
do the activity 3 times to have consistent observations.

After the activity students will answer the following questions:

1. What happens when the student push the wall?
 2. What determines the amount of force used to get pushed back?

3. Which of the Newton’s Law was applied and how?

4. What happens when a student pushes harder?

Task 4: Let’s watch!

Teacher will be showing a video clip of a car accident from YouTube. Each
student will be having a reflection on how Newton’s Laws of Motion is applied in the
scenario. Student are tasked to come up with a written report based on the videos
watched.
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FINISH

Answer Keys in the Written Plan of a Newton Olympics

Task 1: Let’s go ride!

All members of each group will ride a public transport. The task is to observe what
happens when the car suddenly stops to ferry more passengers. Some will be aided
with a seatbelt while others are not.

After 3 trials the students will answer the following questions:

3. What happens when the car suddenly stops?
Students without seatbelts continue to move forward following the forward motion
of the car even if it stopped. While students who wore seatbelts were safely
tucked in their seats.
4. Which of the Newton’s Law was applied and how?
Newton’s first law of inertia was applied in the situation. A car in straight-line
motion at a constant speed will keep such motion until acted on by an external
force. The tendency of a car to keep moving the way it is moving is the inertia of
the car but since the driver is ferrying more passengers steps on a brake
(external force) that makes the transport stops.

Task 2: Let’s have car race!

The class will be having a race. 2 members of each group will ride different transports.
One of which will ride a bicycle while the other take the cab. The students will observe
how each transport manoeuvre to reach their destinations.

After the activity students will answer the following questions:

3. Which student reach the destination first?
The student riding a bicycle reach the destination first.
4. Which of the Newton’s Law was applied and how?
Newton’s second law of acceleration was applied in the situation. When a force is
applied to a car, the change in motion is proportional to the force divided by the
mass of the car. A larger force causes quicker changes in motion, and a heavier
car reacts more slowly to forces. Newton’s second law explains why quick cars
are powerful and lightweight.

Task 3: Let’s Slide!

In this activity the students will try sliding an object on different surfaces. Different
surfaces may vary but the standard should be a rough surface and a smooth surface.
Students will observe how a certain force acts on different surfaces. Student will do the
activity 3 times to have consistent observations.

After the activity students will answer the following questions:

3. What do you call the force opposing your motion (when you run)?
Friction
4. Which surface has more resistance of the friction?
Rougher surface have more friction thus it has greater resistance than
smooth surfaces.
Now students will also observe cars in motion (on roads). Students will mark two distinct
surfaces to observe how friction also affects the cars in motion.
1. Does friction also occurs among cars in motion?
Yes, friction is present among two touching surfaces.
2. Which surface has more resistance on the cars’ motions?
Rougher surface resist cars in motion greater than smooth surface. Smooth
surface has lesser friction thus cars tend to slide past them.

Task 4: Let’s Push

Students will work by pair, A and B. One (A) will try to push the wall, B will observe. A
will push harder. Observe what happens. Then the pair will switch on roles. Student will
do the activity 3 times to have consistent observations.

After the activity students will answer the following questions:

5. What happens when the student push the back of another student?
When one of the pair pushed it gets pushed back in an opposite direction
equally as hard.
6. What determines the amount of force used to get pushed back?
The amount of force used to push the back of the student determines the the
amount he will get pushed back because the back of the student pushes back
with equal force.
7. Which of the Newton’s Law was applied and how?
Newton’s third law of motion was applied. For every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction.
8. What happens when a student pushes harder?
The harder the push the further he will move.
Task 4: Let’s watch!
Teacher will be showing a video clip of a car accident from YouTube. Each
student will be having a reflection on how Newton’s Laws of Motion is applied in the
scenario. Student are tasked to come up with a written report based on the videos
watched.

Sample Report from the Newton Olympics

Newton’s Laws of Motion in a Car Crash

First law of motion states that an object at rest will remain at rest, and an object
in motion will remain in motion, at a constant velocity unless or until outside forces act
upon it. Taking automobiles as example, as a car moves down the highway, it has a
tendency to remain in motion unless some outside force (brakes of the car) changes its
velocity.
In a car moving forward at a fixed rate, everything in the car—driver, passengers,
objects on the seats or in the trunk—is also moving forward at the same rate. If that car
then runs into a brick wall, its motion will be stopped, and quite abruptly. But though its
motion has stopped, in the split seconds after the crash it is still responding to inertia:
rather than bouncing off the brick wall, it will continue plowing into it.

People and objects in the car too will continue to move forward in response to
inertia. Though the car has been stopped by an outside force, those inside experience
that force indirectly, and in the fragment of time after the car itself has stopped, they
continue to move forward—unfortunately, straight into the dashboard or windshield. It
should also be clear from this example exactly why seatbelts, headrests, and airbags in
automobiles are vitally important. The seat belt to keep the person's body in place, the
airbag to cushion its blow, and the headrest to prevent whiplash in rear-end collisions.
The second law serves to develop the first law by defining the force necessary to
change the velocity of an object. According to the second law, the net force acting upon
an object is a product of its mass multiplied by its acceleration. Mass of objects are then
important. If two cars with different masses crash they would have the same forces of
impact and the same impulse. The difference between the two cars would be the
resulting acceleration because masses are not the same. Mathematical calculations
using these principle will answer questions of how much force is needed to move an
object.

The third law predicts what will happen when one force comes into contact with
another force. As the third law states, when one object exerts a force on another, the
second object exerts on the first a force equal in magnitude but opposite in direction. In
driving, when a person drives the action force is pushing against the road and the
reaction is the road pushing against the tires. In wet roads, it is difficult to drive because
the tire cannot grip the road. So when the tire tries to push the road, the road can’t push
the car as a result the car slides, which is risky because it may lead to accidents. It is
really important to check: check your car, check the road, the weather and the driver to
be really safe. Safety is everybody’s job