Welcome!

Todays Webquest Links:

Forces and Motion Webquest

Interactive Physics Websites

1. Design a Roller Coaster – http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/index.html

Design your roller coaster to achieve an overall “thumbs up” rating for Fun and Safety. List below what the individual designs would have to be for

1) Height of the First Hill =

2) Shape of the First Hill =

3) The Exit Path =

4) Height of the Second Hill =

5) The Loop =

2. The Science of Hockey - http://www.exploratorium.edu/hockey/

Answer 3 of the 7 questions found on the bottom of the page – Write the questions and answers below.

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2)

3)

3. Skateboard Science - http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/

1) What is an ollie?

2) Describe the physics of another trick

5. The Experiments of Galileo - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pisa/galileo.html

Perform the experiments of Galileo - Falling Objects | Projectiles | Inclined Planes | Pendulums

6. The Physics of Baseball

http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/index.html

1) Play the Fastball Reaction Time Exhibit Game

2) How do you throw a curveball?

7. Projectile Motion Game

http://www.interactivestuff.org/sums4fun/projectile.html

Just Play!

8. Forces Game -  Play the "Forces" Game http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/physical_processes/

9. Junkward Wars

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/networks/junkyardwars/fun.html

1. Design your own junkward war dragster!!!!

10. EdHeads – Simple Machines and Car Crash Investigation

http://www.edheads.com

11. Play with the Simulations / Projectile Motion & Energy Skate Park!

http://phet.colorado.edu/new/index.php