My students are doing a project where they pose a question and try to answer it using physics. Most of them picked Mythbusters-type questions like "can dropping a penny off of a skyscraper really kill someone?" or "how many helium balloons do you need to lift yourself off the ground." One kid, however, decided to test the horsepower of different cars, and see how closely it matches the power output on a closed course. Which means that he has access to multiple cars and a track on which to drive.
So he turned in his preliminary data tables last week, which included the tested horsepower of six different cars, including:
Lexus
Corvette
Aston Martin
and another car I've never even heard of, but which I was informed is worth $1.5 million. It's a good thing he's such a nice kid.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
ooh, jealousy
Posted by poodle at 7:35 PM
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So what are the results of the test???
he better givey you a nice christmas gift.
It's a good thing you're such a good teacher. He had a great excuse to ask his dad to borrow the "cars."
holy crap
that's exactly what i said, bex.
Brett said to be thaaaaaaat much it would have to be a collectors car or a race car.... or a limited addition hand built one. Who knows.
but one day, his dad will by you a Bentley, and your students will egg it (for velocity tests).
so did the student with the penny question ever figure out the terminal velocity of a penny?
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