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** /5 ** ||  ** /20 **  || Conduct an experiment to measure/test your reaction time. Tape lab in your journal when you are finished. ||  ** /25 **  || Did your reaction time improve as you played the game? ____________ ||    ** /5 **  ||   Responding to Road Hazards   || Many deaths that occur on the highway result from the inability of a driver to respond in time to a hazard on the road. The driver could not react quickly enough to avoid being involved in a collision. ** /5 ** ||   Avoiding Collisions   || Read the handout about reaction time and avoiding collisions. Complete the tasks at the end of the reading and tape or glue the page into your journal. To hear the handout read aloud, go to [] || ** /10 ** || Next answer the question above in a well written paragraph in your journal: || ** /15 ** ||   Alcohol and Reaction Time   || Watch this video: [] In your journal, discuss how alcohol affects your reaction time. Now watch this video: [] In your journal, discuss how being slip deprived affects reaction time. Were you surprised by this? Why or why not? ||    ** /10 **  ||  ** Journal Response- ** What do you Think Now? || The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 3,000 fatal traffic accidents nationwide last year were the result of distracted driving. Using a cell phone while driving delays reaction time the same amount as having a blood alcohol concentration of .08, the legal limit, the highway agency said. **//Revisit you journal entry – Talking and Texting Ban? How would you answer this question NOW? Has your opinion changed? Why or why not? //**
 * ** FINAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION ** ||
 * Automobile insurance for teenage drivers is usually quite expensive. The local driving school has teamed up with your physics teacher to offer you a large break on your insurance cost. How? Simply prove to the insurance company that you have learned the physics of driving the roads safely. Once you are comfortable with the physics of driving and driving safety, you must make a presentation to the driving school showing what you have learned. The presentation can be a powerpoint, video, traffic reporter segment, CSI investigation show, cartoon, brochure, or any other form you would like to use. In the presentation you must __apply__ the physics terms and concepts you have learned about driving and driving safety. You must address reaction time, speed, velocity, acceleration, force, impulse, momentum and Newton’s Laws and how each of these affects a driver of a vehicle (ex. Safe driving, safety of the automobile in crash tests, decision making, etc). The final product will be presented to class on Friday for a final exam grade. See rubric before planning your project. ||
 * MONDAY Section 1: Reaction Time - Responding to Road Hazards TEK P.4B **
 * ** √ ** ||||  ** ACTIVITY **  ||  ** DESCRIPTION **  ||  ** POINTS **  ||
 * |||| ** Journal Entry – ** Talking and Texting Ban?   || U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called for a federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving any type of vehicle on any road in the country. What are your thoughts? Should we have laws banning the use of cell phones in vehicles? Why or why not? ||
 * |||| ** Instruction **  || Watch the teacher made instructional video about how you will be taking notes, signing up for labs and signing up for hands on practices. [] ||
 * |||| ** Investigate & Design- ** Reaction Time   || A person has a measurable reaction time. Poor reaction time can lead to more accidents.
 * |||| ** Game – Reaction Time **  || Play the game at [] What is your reaction time for shooting darts at runaway sheep? ____________
 * |||| ** Journal Entry– **
 * **// What are some possible road hazards that you might encounter on a highway? In a neighborhood? //**
 * **// What factors affect the time you need to react to an emergency situation while driving? //** ||
 * |||| ** Physics Talk **
 * |||| ** Internet Research – ** Teenage Insurance Rate   || **// Even though teenagers often have good reaction times, why is auto insurance more expensive for teenage drivers than it is for older, more experienced drivers? //** Browse the following websites to find out: [|Insurance Institute of Highway Safety] (IIHS) [|American Academy of Pediatrics]
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2) How can distractions increase the possibility of having an accident in reference to reaction time? 3) What are some possible things you can do to lower your reaction time? ||    ** /5 **  ||  ** Section Quiz **  || Take the quiz over this section. You must make a 70 or better. **// If you make below a 70 you will need to have individual tutoring by your teacher. //**Tape/glue quiz into your journal. ||  /100   ||  ** Project Work **  || Will you be working alone, with a partner or in a group of three? Decide what form of media you would like to use to make your final presentation. What part(s) of this lesson will you need for your presentation? Begin a storyboard plan for your presentation. Resource: [] click on “Roadbook” ||  /25 (1 of 4 days)  ||
 * // Revisit your journal entry – Responding to Road Hazards. Discuss the following questions below your original response. 1) //** Why is reaction time so crucial to avoiding automobile accidents?
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