The Fast and the Curious

The Fast and the Curious explores how forces affect sporting performance.

Newton’s Three Laws of Motion guide students throughout the program, giving context to each of the experiments conducted.

This physics-based program utilises GPS technology and radar speed guns to measure forces that act on students during a range of activities.
Students use their mathematical skills and a range of experiments to generate their own data for analysis back in the classroom. Result analysis will include; trends, range, mean and correlations.

Students will:

• Investigate how forces effect an object.
• Collect and compare primary data.

Learning intention:

To understand how force can change an objects speed, direction and shape.

Success criteria:

• List three ways forces are produced.
• Identify that a force can change an objects speed, shape and direction.
• Explain how Newton’s three laws of motion are related to different activities.
• Determine the average results for each experiment.

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