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HILL DESIGN: ACTIVITY 2
Materials: HotWheels™ Track, Hot Wheels™ car
Rest the top of the track on the edge of the counter. Make the track's contact point with the ground 40 cm away from the edge on the floor. Using books:

1. Create a hill that when the car travels over it, the car becomes airborne on the far side. Write down the measurements shown below.

2. Create a hill that when the car travels over it, the car barely becomes airborne on the far side and it still lands on the track on the way down. Write down the measurements shown below.

3. Create a hill that when the car travels over it, the car never becomes airborne on the far side. Write down the measurements shown below.

4. Will the car come off the far side of the track shown below? Why?





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