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