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    Skateboarders and scientists came together at the Exploratorium in San Francisco to demonstrate the physics principles behind skateboarding tricks. An Ollie, where a skateboarder pops the front of the board into the air by stepping on the back, perfectly illustrates concepts like momentum, inertia, and friction. While some kids complained about learning, others recognized that understanding forces can improve skateboarding skills like navigating hills. The physicist Paul Doherty emphasized that gravity, discovered by Isaac Newton, underlies any moving sport like skateboarding.

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    Skateboarders and scientists came together at the Exploratorium in San Francisco to demonstrate the physics principles behind skateboarding tricks. An Ollie, where a skateboarder pops the front of the board into the air by stepping on the back, perfectly illustrates concepts like momentum, inertia, and friction. While some kids complained about learning, others recognized that understanding forces can improve skateboarding skills like navigating hills. The physicist Paul Doherty emphasized that gravity, discovered by Isaac Newton, underlies any moving sport like skateboarding.

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    Skateboarders and scientists came together at the Exploratorium in San Francisco to demonstrate the physics principles behind skateboarding tricks. An Ollie, where a skateboarder pops the front of the board into the air by stepping on the back, perfectly illustrates concepts like momentum, inertia, and friction. While some kids complained about learning, others recognized that understanding forces can improve skateboarding skills like navigating hills. The physicist Paul Doherty emphasized that gravity, discovered by Isaac Newton, underlies any moving sport like skateboarding.

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    Skateboarders and scientists came together at the Exploratorium in San Francisco to demonstrate the physics principles behind skateboarding tricks. An Ollie, where a skateboarder pops the front of the board into the air by stepping on the back, perfectly illustrates concepts like momentum, inertia, and friction. While some kids complained about learning, others recognized that understanding forces can improve skateboarding skills like navigating hills. The physicist Paul Doherty emphasized that gravity, discovered by Isaac Newton, underlies any moving sport like skateboarding.

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    PRUEBAS LIBRES DE GRADUADO EN SECUNDARIA

    Skateboard Physics
    Skateboarders and scientists came together in an exhibition at the
    Exploratorium in San Francisco to demonstrate the educational side of
    skateboarding.

    Physicist Paul Doherty explained that a skateboarding trick called an Ollie is a


    perfect lesson in physics. In an Ollie, the skateboarder steps on the back of the
    board. This causes the front end to shoot up in the air. Then the back collides
    with the ground and bounces off, like a ball bouncing, and this causes the board
    and the skateboarder to go up in the air.

    Skateboard tricks involve the physical forces of momentum, inertia, and friction.
    For example, when a skateboarder goes up a kind of ramp called a half pike,
    momentum is what carries him into the air. Also, skateboards are covered in
    grip tape, and then the force of friction keeps the skateboarder from sliding off.

    Parents brought their kids to the Exploratorium to link a fun sport with the need
    for education. However, one mother said that her son saw right through this.
    “Mom, they’re going to try to teach us about gravity and I hate learning stuff.”

    Another young skateboarder saw the value of learning about the science of
    skateboarding. “It comes in handy because you learn about going down hills
    and stuff.”

    The physicist, Paul Doherty, also explained that gravity, the force discovered by
    Isaac Newton, is evident in any sport that involves motion. For example, when
    a skateboarder falls down during an Ollie, that is an example of gravity.

    Questions.
    1. What were Skateboarders and scientists doing in San Francisco?
    2. What’s an Ollie?
    3. What does the skateboard goes up in the air?
    4. What do Skateboard tricks engage?
    5. What happens when a skateboarder goes up a kind of ramp?
    6. What makes skateboarders not to slide off?
    7. Do Parents take their kids to these events?
    8. Do their kids generally like it?
    9. Is science important for skate boarders? If it is important, why?
    10. What does Paul Doherty think about gravity?

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