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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 |
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. |
