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the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
This 22-minute video goes behind the scenes at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to give viewers an up-close look at the physics of car crashes. Using a series of vehicle maneuvers on test tracks plus high-resolution film of vehicle crash tests, the video explores the relationship between crash forces and inertia, momentum/impulse, and more. The narrator, Griff Jones, is a high school physics teacher who makes the topics come to life in a manner easily comprehensible to teenagers. See Related Materials for a comprehensive teacher's guide with lessons and assessments developed especially to accompany the video. The full unit will extend 5-8 days, but may be easily shortened or segmented for shorter duration.
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Next Generation Science StandardsMotion and Stability: Forces and Interactions (MS-PS2)
Students who demonstrate understanding can: (6-8)
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions (HS-PS2)
Students who demonstrate understanding can: (9-12)
Disciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)
Forces and Motion (PS2.A)
Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer (PS3.B)
Relationship Between Energy and Forces (PS3.C)
Crosscutting Concepts (K-12)
Cause and Effect (K-12)
Energy and Matter (2-12)
Stability and Change (2-12)
Influence of Engineering, Technology, and Science on Society and the Natural World (K-12)
Interdependence of Science, Engineering, and Technology (K-12)
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices (K-12)
Analyzing and Interpreting Data (K-12)
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions (K-12)
Engaging in Argument from Evidence (2-12)
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information (K-12)
Planning and Carrying Out Investigations (K-12)
Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking (5-12)
NGSS Nature of Science Standards (K-12)
Analyzing and Interpreting Data (K-12)
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions (K-12)
Engaging in Argument from Evidence (2-12)
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information (K-12)
Planning and Carrying Out Investigations (K-12)
Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking (5-12)
AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)1. The Nature of Science
1C. The Scientific Enterprise
3. The Nature of Technology
3A. Technology and Science
4. The Physical Setting
4F. Motion
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Understanding Car Crashes: It's Basic Physics (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, 2010), <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XKOzibVqJg&t=0s>.
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Understanding Car Crashes: It's Basic Physics. (2010). Retrieved April 28, 2024, from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XKOzibVqJg&t=0s
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Understanding Car Crashes: It's Basic Physics. Arlington: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XKOzibVqJg&t=0s (accessed 28 April 2024).
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Number = {28 April 2024},
Year = {2010}
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