This promising practice resource is designed to help students understand forces and motion while reconstructing a rear-end auto accident that occurs outside their classroom building. They explore the relationship between speed and stopping distance; and reaction time and stopping distance.

This is a good example of problem-based learning. Students are likely to be highly engaged in the activities outlined in the lesson. This lesson allows students to apply their knowledge in a real world context. (author/ts)

This series of lessons helps students to understand the various aspects of a car accident through direct involvement with the activities provided. Students participating in the Law and Public Safety career fields will find this particularly useful because physical analysis, as well as investigative techniques of automobile accidents are addressed. Transportation Systems students will deal with, and focus on, the automobile collision repair aspects of these activities. (cb)