Modeling a Hot Wheels Loop
written by
Douglas Brown
In this activity a Tracker model is compared with a toy truck attempting to drive up and around a Hot Wheels vertical loop track. Three different videos show the truck entering the loop at different speeds.
For related EJS models see Particle Motion On A Curve and Particle Motion On A Vertical Elliptical Loop. The zip file includes all three videos and pdf instructions. Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.6 of Java (JRE).
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Modeling a Hot Wheels Loop Instructions
The Modeling a Hot Wheels Loop handout provides instructions for students to analyze the Hot Wheels video. download 46kb .pdf Last Modified: January 31, 2012
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