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3.1
Explore
an Issue:
Progress
and Speed
on
Canadian
Highways
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Research
speed limits in other countries. Why do they vary?
SENSE
— Safety by Education not Speed Enforcement
Speed
limits must be enforced whatever they are, Ontario Truckers Association
Speed
limits and boats, Pat's Boating in Canada
Dispelling
Myths about Speed Limits, National Center for Policy Analysis
Q&A:
Speed And Speed Limits, DeKalb Police Star Team, Atlanta, Georgia,
USA
Synthesis
of Safety Research Related to Speed and Speed Limits, Turner-Fairbank
Highway Research Center
Environmental
Effects of Speed Limits, Federal Environmental Agency, Germany.
Enter"speed limit" in the search button at the top left
and hit the enter key to get to the document.
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3.10
Case Study:
Smart
Highways |
Research
current information about automated highway systems. Report on
the progress that has been made in this area.
Automated
Highway Systems, Bruce Nelligan, Hamilton Associates
Intelligent
Transportation Systems and Highway Infrastructure, Transport Canada
SENSE
Position on Automated Enforcement, Safety by Education not Speed
Enforcement
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3.11
Vector
Quantities |
Find
some information on orienteering or car rallies. Are there any
clubs nearby? How might participants in these activities use the
knowledge presented above?
To find clubs, try using the key words "rally club" or rallying
club" and "orienteering club" in a search engine. To read more
on vectors, visit the following sites:
This
site is a lecture on vectors by the Physics Department, University
of Guelph, Ontario.
The
Physics Department, University of Calgary, presents this lecture
on vectors and displacement.
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3.15
Case Study:
Tracking and Postion |
Find
out more about peregrine falcons.
- What
is the longest daily flight by a peregrine falcon that any biologist
has listed?
- Peregrine
falcons dive at very high speed to catch prey — such as
pigeons or ducks — in midair. In a full dive they may
be the fastest-moving living creature. Find the maximum diving
speed of these birds.
Project
Track-em, Canadian Peregrine Foundation, tracks juvenile peregrine
falcons.
Peregrine
Falcon Information Centre, McGill Univeristy, Quebec, has a lot
of information on the behaviour of these birds.
Peregrine
Falcons, Environment Canada, presents a good overview on this
bird.
Peregrine
Falcons — Fastest Birds in the Air, About.com Network, is
a small, but informative site.
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3.16
Position-
Time
Graphs |
What
Olympic Sport enables an athlete to obtain the greatest instantaneous
velocity?
Olympics
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3.17
Career Profile:
Police
Constable |
From
the site information, list questions you have about a police career.
The
Toronto Police Service
Ontario
Provincial Police
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3.18
Defining
Accel-
eration |
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.
The
Straight Jet Four-quadrant Model, North Carolina State University,
site surveys the subject.
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3.20
Invest-
igation:
Constant Acceleration |
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
Accelerometers,
Acceleration Instrumentation, mounted by Process Controls and
Instrumentation
Application
of Accelerometers in Sports Training, Analog Devices, Inc.
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