Newtons Laws of Motion

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Newtons Laws of Motion

• A Public Safety Campaign

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1st Law

• The law of INERTIA
• Objects resist change in their position.
• Mass is directly related to inertia.

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2d Law

• Force Mass x Acceleration
• Force is directly related to Mass and
  Acceleration.
• Acceleration is inversely related to Mass.

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3d Law

• Action Reaction Law
• Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
• Tire pushes on the road, the road pushes on the
  tire!

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Project Idea Examples

• Seatbelt usage
• Child Restraints
• Speeding
• Accidents
• Vehicle Damage
• Recreational Safety (helmets, knee pads, etc.)

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Audience

• BE SPECIFIC!!!
• Governmental agency/Special Interest Group
• New Parents
• Teenagers
• Consumers of specific product
• Voters

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Format

• Brochure
• Editorial Article
• Feature Article

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What is your hook? Who is your audience???

• A tire corporation hired you to put out an
  informative brochure to remind people the
  importance of replacing their balding tires
  before winter.
• Any adult that may be at a car service center
  waiting area.

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What is your hook? Who is your audience???

• Informational brochure about child restraints.
  Maybe displayed in a waiting room, or given to
  patients as they leave the hospital.
• targeting new parents about the importance and
  proper use of child safety seats.

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What is your hook? Who is your audience???

• Feature article promoting larger vehicles verses
  smaller ones.
• Targeting parents of newly licensed teens

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What is a tentative working title?

• It needs to be Catchy!!!
• Capture the readers attention
• Got Friction???

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Brainstorm

• Get your ideas down on paper
• Remember to reference Newtons laws and key
  physics principles, but keep it interesting by
  remembering your audience!

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What law(s) will you be highlighting? List what
they state.

• Balding Tires Brochure
• Newtons First Law Inertia
• An object will resist change in its motion.
• Mass and Inertia are directly related.

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What principles or concepts will be key in your
production?

• Friction The resistive force evident when the
  motion of two objects oppose one another.
• A key principle for tires on snowy roads.

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Rough Draft

• Begin the design and writing process for your
  piece.
• Get your ideas down on paper and begin to
  organize your information.