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Physics in Sport: Fencing
This resource uses the context of fencing to make a simple electric circuit. Students make an epee sword out of a smarties tube and incorporate a buzzer that should sound when the button on the end of the smarties tube is pressed. Students are encouraged investigate how they could change the volume of the buzzer or incorporate an LED. In the video, fencing athelete, Tom Bennett, describes how the circuit on the blade triggers to score a hit. This resource is provided by SEPnet.
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Fencing: challenge sheet 181.94 KB
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