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Road safety



Abstract
In an article (2006) based on findings by the Worlth Health Organization Heidi Worley states: 'Road traffic accidents - the leading cause of death by injury and the tenth-leading cause of all deaths globally - now make up a surprisingly significant portion of the worldwide burden of ill-health. An estimated 1.2 million people are killed in road crashes each year (...).' Road usage increases every year, making road safety one of the leading social scientific issues of the present and the future. Students are daily users of our roads, both passive and active. Therefore, investigation of road safety is both relevant and part of their citizenship development. The topic is multicultural because of the differences between road construction and usage between countries.

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Lesson activities
  • Build a simulation of a car crash using the slope, the toy car, the road obstacle and the doll provided by the teacher.
  • Plan and execute your simulation and record your results. Can your results be explained by Newton's laws? What are the limitations of your simulation?
  • How does the simulation you just built relate to road safety? Read the article and discuss with your group.
  • Investigate laws for roads and road usage in different countries, such as road design, maximum speed, overtaking, airbags and seatbelts. Make an overview of the differences that are most likely to impact road safety.
  • Choose one of the road safety factors from your overview to investigate further using Newton's laws. Make a poster and share your findings with your class mates.
  • Role-play debate: suppose part of your class is the governing body of a country trying to decide if a road's maximum speed limit should be raised from 120 km/h to 130 km/h. The other half can take on roles as -for example- scientist, civilian and environmental activist. Debate the decision using arguments that are grounded and just
Curriculum content
- Newton
- Newton's laws
- Collision
- Speed
- Safety

Discipline
- Mathematics ✓
- Biology
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Engineering


Target group
- Primary Education
- Lower Secondary Education ✓
- Upper Secondary Education

Age range
11-15

Duration
50 min.

Documents


Credits
CY  
Nantia Vei and Christina Sidera
 
   Universiteit Utrecht

 

 

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Freudenthal Instituut
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2024-11-14 11:32:25
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In an article (2006) based on findings by the Worlth Health Organization Heidi Worley states: 'Road traffic accidents - the leading cause of death by injury and the tenth-leading cause of all deaths globally - now make up a surprisingly significant portion of the worldwide burden of ill-health. An estimated 1.2 million people are killed in road crashes each year (...).' Road usage increases every year, making road safety one of the leading social scientific issues of the present and the future. Students are daily users of our roads, both passive and active. Therefore, investigation of road safety is both relevant and part of their citizenship development. The topic is multicultural because of the differences between road construction and usage between countries.
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