Eighth graders are presented with the graphs of two cars traveling. One shows distance from home versus time and the other shows speed versus time. Students are to write a description of what might be happening during each car's...

In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad calculates the speed of each broom.

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...

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...

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.

Using turtle migration to find the relationship when measuring distance over time.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Drag the red dot to draw a position-time graph for a sprinter with constant speed.

If the speed of light remains a constant then time and distance change. Oh, it can be confusing! This text will help clear up the confusion. Discussion questions should serve to reinforce comprehension.and exercises

Determine how golf club head velocity affects shot distance. Make your next trip to the driving range educational by conducting this experiment.

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.

[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.] A video demonstrates how to solve a word problem where you must calculate the speed of a river current. [1:12]

[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...

[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 [1:02] and...

[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 [0:57] and...

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.

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...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students apply a formula to solve problems involving speed, distance and time.

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...

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...

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.

In past times, ocean navigators tossed a piece of wood over the side of their ships and noted how long until the ship passed the wood. They used this time measurement and the length of the ship to calculate their speed and estimate how...

This project is an experiment in classical physics. You'll be following in Galileo's footsteps, and investigating Newton's laws of motion, but you'll be taking advantage of modern video recording technology to make your measurements. The...