ScIC Presents WHT-01-1

A Virtual Fieldtrip:

The Science Behind Crashes

 

 

Bring your 6-12 grade students along for this free, 90 minute LIVE, online field trip from the comfort of your classroom or school's auditorium!

Discover how physics, biology, chemistry, engineering, and technology are applied in real-world scenarios to improve vehicle and occupant safety. Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the IIHS testing facilities and learn about how crash tests are performed and vehicles are rated for safety. Have your students' questions answered LIVE by leading experts in automotive safety. Learn about the science and engineering behind crash tests, safety features, and more. Plus watch a LIVE car crash test by IIHS!

After the event, you and your students can work on an optional Crash Science in the Classroom lesson where your students will use their new knowledge and design skills to simulate protecting occupants in a car crash.

 

Activites for the Classroom after the Webinar

During this virtual field trip, we will be covering the science of crashes. After the broadcast, you can take the science back to the classroom and have your students collect their own data!

Best experience

Your students will use PocketLab G-Force to collect data and design a crash cushion meant to reduce the forces that act on a vehicle during a collision with a wall. Check out the lesson here!

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Low-cost alternative

Your students will use budget-friendly materials to design and build a paper car designed to protect its raw egg occupant! Check out the lesson here.

 

Even more activities:

Explore free educational resources to help you learn or teach about the science of car crashes.

Videos, demonstrations and teacher-developed, classroom-tested activities aligned to the latest standards bring crash safety STEM applications to grade 5-12 classrooms.

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https://classroom.iihs.org/ 

Free Crash Science in the Classroom lessons in PocketLab Notebook: https://app.thepocketlab.com/?filters=Crash%20Science%20in%20the%20Classroom 

More lessons to use with PocketLab G-Force: https://app.thepocketlab.com/?filters=Sensor%25%3DG-Force