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Coward Punch - The Physics of Falling
Lesson5 of 5 in this unit
SecondaryYear 9 - 10SciencePhysicsEnvironmentalRecyclingSocialSocial Action
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students will use what they have learnt about forces and the laws of motion to investigate what can happen to a person knocked to the ground in a coward punch attack. They will learn about the coward punch in context, explain these using motion principles and perform calculations for forces and energy for a falling object, using balls to model falls on different surfaces.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- perform calculations involving forces, energy and Newton's Second Law during a fall
- understand that the forces resulting from a fall caused by a coward punch are sufficient to cause significant injury or death.
Success criteria
Students can:
- apply the laws of motion to a real-world scenario
- identify the forces on an object falling and hitting the ground
- calculate energy and force values for free-falling objects
- explain the application of motion concepts to an instance of the coward punch
- identify the cause of significant injury from head trauma caused by high forces.
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