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Science

Jun 17th, 2015

Students expect interactive websites.
the data on the acceleration of the vehicle is good. It can be used to discuss unbalanced forces.

Reviewer: Anna Tait

Not EAL friendly

Oct 22nd, 2012

Looks good for smart english speaking classes but my EAL class would struggle

Reviewer: Steven Morrissey

Physics

Sep 3rd, 2012

A great way to check pupils understanding of thrust and drag.

Reviewer: Lauren Hutchings

Forces -High Speed Smash

Jan 12th, 2012

The first down load I have done from this site and I am impressed. Students will enjoy it. being in Australia does mean we have to convert mph to km/h but it is also good for the students to know that different parts of the world use different measurements -opens up a whole new discussion. I did not check if I could access the original report. very new but am looking forward to more learning.

Reviewer: Jane van der Wethuizen

forces

Jan 17th, 2010

this is a good website for me and its very useful. It gives me a lot of help in physics, biology and chemistry. I'm doing physics and chemistry and so I love physics. Thanks apd8

Reviewer: piranavan satheesh

forces

Aug 14th, 2009

The flash animation was good and the children enjoyed the topic as they knew the presenter. Afterwards we looked up the actual crash on youtube and that helped too.

Reviewer: heather Duerre

science

Feb 25th, 2009

worked really well with a year 7 class a good story behind the learning which enthused and excited the students.
thankyou

Reviewer: ibrar zaman

High Speed Smash

Jan 20th, 2009

Good for a number of topics.

Very good for P2 but also to extend very able students at KS3. If done as research project at KS3 studnets get quite enthused by this. Show You tube of accidnet.

Reviewer: James Mitchell

High Speed Smash review

Jan 19th, 2009

worked well to encourage independent working. Even worked as a starting topic with a L6 physics group

Reviewer: Catherine Aspinall

Year 8 forces

Sep 26th, 2008

I used this activity with top set year 8 and they loved it, The fact that it was based on a real event really appealed to them and they understood extactly what to do with the activity. This is probably a little simplistic for a top set group but can be easily extended by discussing streamlining and thrust. Will definately use this activity again.

Reviewer: Emma Whelan

High Speed Smash review

Nov 2nd, 2007

worked well with year 7 forces wenbt on to design their own dragsters

Reviewer: colin white

Thankyou

Apr 23rd, 2007

Used your 'Richard Hammond crash activity' for an interivew. The pupils loved it and the observers were incredibly impressed. Got the job too! Many thanks and keep up the great work!

Reviewer: Phil Day

High speed smash with year 9

Nov 12th, 2006

Ran this activity with my challenging year 9 group who are just coming to the end of the speeding up unit. Worked exceedingly well in stimulating them and reinforcing the idea of balanced / unbalance forces . The activity prompted some interesting discussion about cars being designed to go so fast when speed limits are what they are ! Excellent.

Reviewer: Pauline Elston

Misconceptions?

Oct 26th, 2006

Some basic physics about balanced forces covered well, but there are some misconceptions about the "streamlined" shape of a dragster. A dragster has a high drag coefficient; necessary to keep it on the ground and generate enough friction at the huge back wheels, not as described on the worksheet.

Reviewer: Ben Ryder