Crash! The Science of Collisions

Student Testimonials

"There's no way someone can lie about what they did and get away with it, because they can bring in the skid sled and measure how long the tracks are and find out how fast you were going. It's amazing how precise they can get."                                                              - Darrell M., High School Senior

"Now I realize that with the slightest distraction, like fixing the radio or something like that, something can happen that can cause you to lose your life. It's just incredible."

                                                                                                       - Ryan S., High School Senior

"Even if you're not going that fast, an impact like that could seriously damage the car, which could hurt you or kill somebody."                                                             - Jennifer Q., High School Senior

"I think that there's more things that I've learned this year in mathematics and in regular science than I've learned in any other classes that I've taken. It's more practical and I'm understanding the math better because of it."                                                                    - Justin K., High School Junior

"I think that it's pretty cool that we can figure it out."            - Scott Y., High School Senior

"I got to learn what police work is. I learned what they do - and I think it's kinda fun, too."

                                                                                                         - Jasjit G., High School Junior

Teacher & Professor Testimonials

"It's a perfect example of how a student, not particularly interested in physics or the laws of nature, learns them for a purpose. This invites using the student's curiosity and pushing it. It changes the realism of the classroom - it's for real."

 - Robert E. Yager, Professor of Science Education

University of Iowa

"Students love it because they do want to drive the car, they do know people who have been in automobile accidents. So it personalizes the subject more than if we're just talking about Newton's Laws. I liked that everything was there for me - the overheads were there for me, the cutouts were there for me. So, as a teacher, it was very easy to flip through the curriculum and pick out the activities that I wanted to use. I can give them a mini-lesson in how to present a court case, as I am an attorney too. That buttresses their ability to see a practical application of science in a career that isn't necessarily scientific at all. It's a wonderful piece of our physical science curriculum."

- Mary Anne Butler, Esq., Science Teacher
Somers High School, Somers, Conn.

"I think this program is a tremendous opportunity for physical science and physics teachers to take practical examples in a student's everyday life and bring them into a classroom and to employ critical thinking."

- Arthur Gage, Physics Teacher
Agawan High School, Agawan, Mass.

Crash! The Science of Collisions is available for purchase online by accessing our order form here. High school teachers or administrators who wish to obtain a Crash! package for their high school or who would like assistance in locating a funding resource in their community should e-mail Michael Lyons, President of Tower Publishing, for more information.