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This 22-minute video goes behind the scenes at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to give viewers an up-close look at the physics of car crashes. Using a series of vehicle maneuvers on test tracks plus high-resolution film of vehicle crash tests, the video explores the relationship between crash forces and inertia, momentum/impulse, and more. The narrator, Griff Jones, is a high school physics teacher who makes the topics come to life in a manner easily comprehensible to teenagers. <i>See Related Materials</i> for a comprehensive teacher's guide with lessons and assessments developed especially to accompany the video. The full unit will extend 5-8 days, but may be easily shortened or segmented for shorter duration.

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