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Friction: Friend or foe?

Video Friction: Friend or foe?

TLF ID M017940

What part does the force of friction play in our everyday lives? Friction can be an advantage (friend) or a problem (foe). Join interviewer Doug Traction and professors Static, Slide, Rolling and Fluid at the National Tribology Research Centre as they have forceful fun investigating friction. This video won a prize in the 2013 Sleek Geeks Eureka Science Schools Prize competition.

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7

Topics Motion Safety Reciprocal actions Creating texts Machinery Accuracy and precision Data processing Ethics Data analysis Data representation Data collection Gravity Reasoning Experiments Evidence Judgement Paper crafts Instrumentation (Technology) Evaluation Scientific control Friction Test validity Independence (Experiments) Explanations (Scientific inquiry)
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