[PLUG] OT: Recommended Web Sites for Middle School Science Questions

Sean Whitney sean.whitney at gmail.com
Mon Aug 6 13:43:27 UTC 2007


As einstein explains it's all relative....

To someone in the car, the marble is traveling the same speed as it
would if you were standing still.

To someone standing still it's traveling faster than the car.

A more interesting question is if you are in a car that's traveling near
the speed of light, and you turned on a flashlight, how fast would the
light travel....

That you can google.....

Sean

Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> Can any recommend some good web sites to send an inquisitive middle
> schooler to? On his own, he came up with the question of whether a
> marble you throw in the car travels only as fast as you throw it, or
> does the speed of the car have any effect. He asked my sister, so I have
> until next Sunday to refine my answer, and come up with other resources
> for him.
>
> BTW, I know that the answer includes the speed of the car. I'm just
> looking for a good way to explain it to him.
>
>   



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