Forces-The Segway

Forces

A force is the push or pull that acts on an object. Watch the video below on The Segway Centaur and answer the question, "How does the Segway use forces to move/turn/stop?"



Assignment

1. Find a partner who you work well with and that you haven't worked with before
2. Using the Internet as a resource and Google docs as the presentation device, answer the following questions and present your findings in a interesting and effective manner.
1. What is a Segway Centaur?
2. Who invented it?
3. Explain how the Segaway Centaur uses forces to work
4. Compare a Segway Centaur to a car.  How is it better than a car?  How is it not as effective as a car?
3. Be sure to have a bibliography on your Google docs slide show

Some good resources are:
howstuffworks.com

Seway's homepage

Any other ones you can find