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I'm trying to write a new piece of work for key stage 4 pupils. WJEC GCSE Physics 2, Forces and Motion. As ever, I'm keen to include as many esoteric/ thought provoking ideas as possible and I seem to remember a scene in the book/film 'Call of the Wild' where Buck? has to break the sled free from the ice.
Q1 Am I remembering things correctly?
Q2 Does anyone have any kind of reference to the passage/ scene? Online would be fantastic for me.
Q3 Is this a suitable example of friction? and the fact that it is more difficult to bring an object into motion than it is to maintain that motion.
BTW, I'm trained as a geologist so please don't shoot me down. I'm after help not criticism, I can do that on my own.
Q1, A,yes.
Q2,can't help,sorry
Q3,yes,as far as I can remember physics lessons from 30 years ago 😉
excellent book btw,of course,the film was a little disappointing in comparison.
Yes.
I have a copy of the book and would have to type it out
its not friction ( as I think of it anyway - some smartarse will tell bme better) - or more rightly stiction - the sled is frozen to the ice so the dog is breaking the bond the ice has created. I suppose its friction of a type but more like the sled has been glued to the ground with ice.
[url= http://books.google.com/books?as_q=&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_brr=0&as_vt=The+Call+of+the+Wild&as_auth=london&as_pub=&as_drrb=c&as_miny=&as_maxy=&as_isbn= ]Q2 Google books might help[/url]
I much preferred Martin Eden. I think it's great that you are bringing in stuff like this into your lessons. Bamboozle their minds, expand their literary horizons!