PIRA 1N21.10 Mass and Momentum Transfer: Floor Carts and
Medicine Ball
Instructions / Notes:
- Medicine ball weighs about 15 lbs and is either thrown towards someone sitting on the skateboard - or -
is thrown by that person.
- With two skate boards and a rope:
Have two students kneel or sit on the long board at one end of the rope.
Plus a single person on the small skateboard at the other end of the rope.
Now have the single person on the small skateboard pull on the rope.
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