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Marc Bolan`s Crashes - the Sheffield Hallam University homepage
Marc Bolan’s crash Marc Bolan was the English singer, songwriter, guitarist and front man for the band T.Rex. He was tragically killed two days before his 30th birthday on 16 September 1977 when his friend lost control of the purple Mini in which they were driving. © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Crash test dummies – Stimulus sheet Page 1 Old and new Minis This is the original type of mini. Similar to the one in which Marc Bolan died. How might Marc Bolan’s accident have been different if he had been travelling in a new-type Mini? © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Old and new Minis – Discussion sheet Page 2 Congratulations! You have been given your first car. It cost £500. You have got another £500 to spend on extras. Pimp your ride Make your choices from the sheet and stick them round the photograph of your car. You will have to present your car to the class and justify the choices you have made. © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Pimp your ride – Task sheet Page 3 Types of car £500 Citroen Saxa © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Crash test dummies – Types of car Page 4 Types of car £500 Ford Fiesta © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Crash test dummies – Types of car Page 5 Types of car £500 VW Golf © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Crash test dummies – Types of car Page 6 Types of car £500 Renault Clio © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Crash test dummies – Types of car Page 7 Types of car £500 Vauxhall Corsa © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Crash test dummies – Types of car Page 8 Types of car £500 Fiat Punto © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Crash test dummies – Types of car Page 9 Rear seat belts £50each Rear spoiler £200 Tinted windows £180 Antilock braking system Crumple zone £200 Front spoiler £200 New paint job £300 Bucket seats Alloy wheels £130 £100each Neon lights £70 £250 £100each Airbags £60 Hands free phone kit £100 Satnav Stereo system £150 © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University £180 Uprated Nitrous sports injection suspension £210 Crash test dummies – Extras sheet Page 10 Car safety timeline When were car safety ideas introduced? Put the date cards in order and match the safety idea that was introduced in that year. © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Car safety timeline – Task sheet Page 11 1983 Date and safety ideas cards 1952 – Mercedes 1971 – Ford Illegal to use hand-held mobile phone. First crumple zone. 1921 Rear seat belts compulsory law. First airbag in a production car. 1959 2003 Front seat belts compulsory law. First child car seats. 1991 First three-point seat belt. First seat belt. – Volvo 1849 – Volvo © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Crash test dummies – Date and safety cards Page 12 Car safety timeline answers 1849 1971 – Ford First airbag in a production car. First child car seats. 1983 Front seat belts compulsory law. – Mercedes First crumple zone. 1991 Rear seat belts compulsory law. 2003 Illegal to use hand-held mobile phone. – Volvo 1921 First seat belt. 1952 1959 – Volvo First three-point seat belt. How many did you get? © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Car safety timeline – Answers Page 13 Which of the safety ideas from the last activity are required by law? Is this a good idea? What are the pros and cons? © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Cars and the law Crash test dummies – Cars and the law Page 14 Smart grid Thumbs Up W e were great at the task because ... we learnt when some important car safety features were introduced. An early feature was... A recently introduced idea is... Next time we will... we think... is an effective car safety feature. It works by... Thumbs Sideways W e were good at the task because ... Thumbs Down W e were okay at the task because ... we worked as a team to discuss modifications to our first car. Two of the modifications we made were... We justified these by saying... we discussed how much car safety should be legislated by the law. Something we think should be controlled by the law is... we … © 2009 Centre for Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University Crash test dummies – Smart grid Page 15
