Students will use Sphero to show that there is a linear relationship between time, speed, and distance. They will program Sphero to move at a particular speed for a particular amount of time, and then measure how far it has gone.They...

You can pick up some valuable pointers and practice how to compute problems involving distance, speed, and time. When you finish working your way through the pages you can take an on-line "Test Bite" and check your understanding.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of speed and its SI unit, instantaneous speed and how to calculate average speed and distance or time from speed.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A learning module where students must solve challenging word problems involving length or distance, time, and speed. A video shows how to solve a sample problem....

In this introduction to motion activity, students will get a personal understanding of speed and acceleration by experiencing it firsthand. Wheeled office chairs or other cart like devices are used to give one student a ride as a fellow...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students must solve word problems involving time, speed, and distance by using a ratio in their calculations. Includes video demonstrating a...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students must solve word problems involving time, speed, and distance using ratios. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [1:10]...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students must solve multi-step word problems involving time, speed, and distance. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [1:31] and...

Given diagrams, data, or scenarios, students will calculate average speed using distance and time measurements.

This animated tutorial illustrates distance and displacement to define speed and velocity.

Take a look at the amazing limits that athletes push themselves to in search of Olympic glory. Which events see the fastest speeds, furthest distances and highest forces? This activity challenges students to undertake some research,...

Practice finding speed, velocity, and distance traveled for an oscillator from graphs of simple harmonic motion.

An interactive quiz which provides students with a word problem involving distance, speed, and/or time. Students input their solution and have the program evaluate it. Hints are available if the student needs them, and explanations are...

This lesson focuses on how to calculate average speed and distance traveled. It also explains how to convert different units of measure and provides a link to an assessment.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to use parallax to measure distances to stars.

This illustrated tutorial focuses on several examples of vector and scalar quantities including distance, displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of a parabola, exploring a parabola using the distance formula.

Team games like football, hockey, basketball, handball and wheelchair rugby are played on pitches or courts of different sizes with different numbers of players. The density of players on the pitch plays a significant role in determining...

This lesson will explain what speed is, including the difference between average speed and instantaneous speed, showing how to calculate both. It will also show the common units used to represent speed. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled...

Test your knowledge of speed, distance, and time formulas.

In this activity, students' will use a motion detector to determine what effect the speed at which a person moves has on the appearance of the distance versus time plot.

In this lesson on distance-time graphs, students will understand graphing by analyzing distance-time graphs.

This lesson is intended to introduce students' to Activity Center and is intended to help students develop an understanding of the formulas for braking distance and stopping distance for a variety of vehicles. Students will apply these...

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson builds upon the familiar d=rt formula for distance to include elements of acceleration as well. The lesson is framed in the context of traffic flow theory, but makes some very...