Bring Newton's three laws of motion to life with this video that uses extraordinary slow motion HD footage filmed during car crash testing to explore how energy is distributed during the fractions of a second when cars crash. The video explores ideas of inertia, resultant forces, energy and momentum, but applies it in the real world context of designing air bags, crumple zones and seats to protect the passengers.

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 04, 2015.

Car Crash Testing --(3:34) -- Newton's First Law: The Law of Intertia -- (2:34) -- Newton's Second Law: Force = Mass x Acceleration -- (7:18) -- Car Safety Rating -- (2:23) -- Momentum;Energy and Newton's Third Law -- (9:36) -- Credits: Forces and Motion: the Physics of Car Crashes -- (0:22).