SPM Physics-AHA! Rubber Tires Save Ships with Physics

 

At the docks in Miri, students wonder: Why do massive steel ships float while tiny iron nails sink? Physics explains: Buoyancy ($F_B=\rho Vg$). A ship’s wide hull displaces a huge volume of water, and the water pushes back with equal force, keeping it afloat. And those “ugly tires”? They’re not decorations — they extend collision time, reducing force by impulse

$$F=\frac{m(v-u)}{t}$$

Life Reflection: Standing at the Miri docks, you’ll see ships of all kinds anchored — shipbuilding is one of the city’s true signatures. But I always remind my students: ships were never built to stay safely in the harbor; they were built to brave the open sea. Life works the same way. SPM may feel like a towering wave that makes you shrink back. Yet ships were engineered for the voyage — and so were you.

AHA! Moment: True purpose isn’t found in the safety of the shore, but in the courage to set sail against the waves.

Ships float, tires protect, courage sails. Not by sight, but by INSIGHT!

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