Lesson 2.5.4

Lesson 4 - Designing a Helmet

Get Focused

In this lesson we will apply Newton's third law and the conservation of momentum to construct a helmet.

Consider the following essential questions as you complete Lesson 6 :

  • How do helmets increase safety ?
  • How do helmets reduce the force experienced by people who wear them ?

assignment Module 5 : Lesson 4 Assignment

There is no assignment for this lesson but you still need to submit a tutorial summary for the tutorial video for this lesson.

Vocabulary

Below is a link to the Science 20 Glossary. Make sure you can identify and define the terms within the glossary that correspond with this lesson.

Science 20 Glossary

 

 

Explore

Click on the link below to explore the lesson content

2.5.4 Content Link

Read

Read pages 273 - 281 in the Science 20 Textbook. There is a text link below

Lesson 5.6 Text

Video or multimedia content

Sci20 tut#2.5.4 Tutorial Video

 

Reflect and Connect

What sports do you participate in that require the use of a helmet ? Post a list of sports that you participate in that require a helment.

Module 5 : Lesson 4 Assignment.

There is no assignment for this lesson.

Lesson Summary

In this lesson you learned how helmets increase the safety of people that use them.

In the next lesson you will review Unit 2.