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In this science activity, students create a race track and mark each distance as stated. Then they perform each task and record the time it takes them for each. Students also record their data from the experiment into the chart illustrated and use the information to calculate the speed for each task and distance.

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speed, distance, estimation, meters, the metric system, time

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distance, estimate, hundredth, meter, regular rate, speed, stopwatch, time, real-world application, math
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4th - 8th
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