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Resources for the Science of Skateboarding

Watch this video - write down physics words for students

(force, lever, fulcrum, gravity, friction, resistance, rotation, balance, landing force, inertia, resistance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOdZSHEEb_0

 

Wheels (get new wheels so students can touch them)

http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/skatedesignwheel.html

 

Bearings

http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/skatedesignwheel02.html

 

What is a bearing video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5U1C6eLKbQ

 

Trucks

http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/skatedesigntruck.html

 

Manufacturing trucks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddRjg2HtYtU

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Ollie science

http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/trick02.html

 

Mid-Air Maneuvers

http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/trick03.html

Do the activity included

 

Pumping for Speed

http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/trick04.html

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