Work The Web

Find some accident statistics on snowmobile and ATV use. Use these in your article to support your position.

Snowmobile Safety, Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations
For the teacher: Safety statistics are given on this site as well as details on regulations, how to avoid accidents, and statistics on high-risk riders.

1999 Canadian Snowmobiling by the Numbers, Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations
For the teacher: Some accident statistics are given on this site.

All-Terrain Vehicles, Consumer Safety Commission
For the teacher: This site presents proposals on safety issues to be taken by ATV manufacturers. As well, injury and fatality statistics are given.

"From Sarge's Desk", Community Policing Newsletter, Bell Island, Newfoundland
For the teacher: This site describes underage drivers of ATVs and why it is against the law for them to drive an ATV.

Environment and Snowmobiles, Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations
For the teacher: This compact page describes the environmental impact of snowmobiles in terms of sound, wildlife, compaction and vegetation.

Self-enforcement, Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations
For the teacher: This site explains how snowmobile organizations are trying to enforce the rules themselves.

Snowmobiler's Code of Ethics
For the teacher: This site presents a code of ethics to be followed by snowmobilers.

Sled Safety
For the teacher: This site discusses saftety issues.

Chart — Growth of Organized Snowmobiling, Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations
For the teacher: This is a handy chart that shows how many people are snowmobiling in Canada by province.

ATV Facts, McKillop Mutual Insurance Company
For the teacher: This site gives facts on ATV registration, operation on public roads, driver requirements, etc.

Yellowstone snowmobile ban reversed, NBC News, 2004
For the teacher: This article presents the positions of fans and foes of snowmobiles.

Motorized Snow Vehicles Act
For the teacher: The Ontario law regulating motorized snow vehicles is given here.

Blue Ribbon Coalition (advocates of ATVs and snowmobiles)
For the teacher: This advocacy group feels that its sport of riding ATVs, snowmobiles, etc. is under attack and many places are closed to them. They present an argument that they are good citizens who care about conservation and who ride safely.

A jet on an aircraft carrier has a limited distance and time to become airborne. Similarly, it has to land and stop very rapidly. What are some typical accelerations of a jet taking off from, and landing on, an aircraft carrier? How are these accelerations achieved? Illustrate your discoveries with a series of labelled sketches.

Aircraft for Amateurs — Military Aircraft, Federation of American Scientists, site has everything you want to know about this subject.
For the teacher: This well-illustrated site describes the technical aspects of flying and landing jet aircraft.

The Straight Jet Four-quadrant Model, North Carolina State University, site surveys the subject.
For the teacher: This site gives an illustrated overview on the centripetal accelerations of jets.

An accelerometer is an instrument used to measure acceleration. There are simple, commercial, and research accelerometers. Report on how one accelerometer works.

Physics 30: Kinematics and Dynamics — Acceleration, University of Saskatchewan
For the teacher: This site teaches you how to make an accelerometer.

Accelerometers, Acceleration Instrumentation, mounted by Process Controls and Instrumentation
For the teacher: This site provides a list of companies that make and sell commercial accelerators.

Application of Accelerometers in Sports Training, Analog Devices, Inc.
For the teacher: This excellent site describes the use of accelerometers in sports training.

Download the Excel document from Table 1. Create graphs using several pairs of variables. Briefly explain, as best you can, the relationships that appear.

List at least five ways that rowing is related to physics. Share and discuss your list.

FAQ: Physics of Rowing, by Dr. A. Dudhia, Department of Atmospheric Physics, Oxford
For the teacher: This is a comprehensive site on the physics of rowing.