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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Science of Racing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Turning the corners is the limiting process for racing cars. Going straight is simply about speed, but making the turns faster than other cars is a real challenge. In this activity, we ask how does weight balance affect the turn radius...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Science of Racing: How Much Energy From Aa Batteries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Work output from any process comes at a price. That price is the energy input required to drive the process. A fact of reality (also called the Second Law of Thermodynamics) is that the input energy is always greater than the output...