Schottenbauer Publishing

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Lessons on Friction & Collisions

Friction and collisions are concepts relevant to both ice hockey and figure skating. Consider the graph below, excerpted from a book by Schottenbauer Publishing:


Discussion Questions
  1. How is air hockey similar to ice hockey? How is it different?
  2. How is air hockey similar to ice skating? How is it different?
  3. What happens when a hockey puck collides with a stick? 
  4. How are the phenomena in this graph similar to collisions between an ice hockey puck and stick? How are they different?
  5. What is the role of friction in ice skating? What does friction do to the motion of a hockey puck or a skater? 
  6. How does this graph demonstrate friction?
  7. How are the phenomena in this graph similar to friction experienced by an ice hockey puck? How are they different?
  8. How are the phenomena in this graph similar to friction experienced by an ice skater? How are they different?

Additional sample graphs are available in a free pamphlet from the publisher's webpage.

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