Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Motion: Investigating Motion Graphs
For this lesson, students investigate motion graphs. Students predict what the distance-time graph and velocity time graph would look like for a student walking across the room for three different scenarios.
Elias Saab
Math Drills: Distance, Speed, and Time Quiz
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...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Average Speed
Speed is a type of rate. Have you ever been asked to define the term speed? If so, you would probably answer, "how fast an object is moving." More specifically, speed is the distance an object travels in a given amount of time. This...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Calculating Speed
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad calculates the speed of each broom.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Speed of Sound
Physics tutorial on measuring the speed of sound in dry air. An interactive form allows the student to practice solving problems involving the temperature dependence of the speed of sound.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The Science of Racing: Time Laps
In this activity, you will create a picture of time and speed as they relate to changes in the weight of a radio controlled race car. This picture will be a graph - a mathematical model- that allows to you predict the speed of your radio...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Stopping Distance Lab
This lab is designed to have students find the relationships that affect the stopping distance and stopping time of a car on a roadway. Students will be able to modify the tires, road surface, the mass of the car, gravitational...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: What's Your Speed?
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.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Tracking Distance Over Time
Using turtle migration to find the relationship when measuring distance over time.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Motion: Position Time Graphs
[Free Registration/Login Required] Drag the red dot to draw a position-time graph for a sprinter with constant speed.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Extra Practice Quiz Distance, Speed, & Time
Using these rate of speed problems practice figuring out either the distance, time or speed. Read the interactive quiz rules and then click on the "Begin" ticket. If you answer incorrectly you get one more chance to try again then you...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Tee Time: How Fast Is Your Golf Swing?
Determine how golf club head velocity affects shot distance. Make your next trip to the driving range educational by conducting this experiment.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Shape Up!
In this activity, students can use the motion detector to record motion, and observe how the direction of movement, speed of travel, and the rate of change of direction and speed affect the shape of a distance-time plot.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Average Speed and Rich Eisen's Ineptitude in the 40 Yard Dash
At the 2010 NFL draft, NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen was dared to run the 40-yard dash. The 40-something reporter in a suit was no match for the 22-year-old NFL draft prospects. Eisen's colleagues put together this segement mocking his...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Motion
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Calculating Speed of the Current in a River (Word Problems)
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A video demonstrates how to solve a word problem where you must calculate the speed of a river current. [1:12]
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Speed, Velocity and Acceleration
Discover the difference between speed, velocity, and acceleration. Provides formulas and other interesting facts.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Need for Speed
After viewing an introductory illustrated podcast on speed, distance, time, and velocity, students explore distance-time graphs using interactive websites. Working in cooperative learning groups, students will investigate the motion of...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Speed: Lesson 2
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...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Speed of Sound Lab
This lab is designed to have students investigate the relationship between the distance from an explosion and the time it takes the sound of the explosion to reach the observer. The temperature of the air can be changed by changing the...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Speed of Horizontal Projectile
Students must determine the horizontal speed of a projectile based on the distance that it travels and other given information. Students must find the time of flight and put it in milliseconds. Finally, students must find the final...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Slow Down: Speed Up
In this activity, students' will use a motion detector to observe the effect of speeding up, slowing down, and moving at a constant rate on a Distance versus Time plot.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Measuring the Speed of Go Carts
Young scholars will make go-carts and measure the velocity, then change one variable and see how the velocity changes. They will learn about the equation speed = distance divided by time and practice using it.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Walk the Line: Straight Line Distance Graphs
In this activity, students' use a motion detector to create straight-line, or constant-speed, distance versus time plots, and analyze the linear equation that describes the plots.
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