1. Speed and Motion Challenge LAB

2. Slinky Challenge 1. Place the slinky on the floor or counter…
2. Have a person at each end
3. Pull the slinky apart about 3 meters
4. Make one wave, use a stop watch to find how long it takes the slinky to go back and forth once
5. Double the distance in meters (**DOCUMENT THE DISTANCE IN TABLE)
6. **DOCUMENT THE TIME IN TABLE
7. DO three trials!!!!
8. Calculate the average speed of all three trials

3. Slinky Challenge 1. Place the slinky on the floor or counter…
2. Have a person at each end
3. Pull the slinky apart about 3 meters
4. Make one wave, use a stop watch to find how long it takes the slinky to go back and forth once
5. Double the distance in meters (**DOCUMENT THE DISTANCE IN TABLE)
6. **DOCUMENT THE TIME IN TABLE
7. Calculate the average speed of all three trials

4. Dominoes Challenge 1. Line up 20 dominoes, about 1 cm apart
2. Measure the total distance of your domino set
3. Measure the time its takes all dominoes to fall
4. **DOCUMENT THE DISTANCE IN TABLE
5. **DOCUMENT THE TIME IN TABLE
6. Calculate the average speed of all three trials

5. Dominoes Challenge 1. Line up 20 dominoes, about 1 cm apart
2. Measure the total distance of your domino set
3. Measure the time its takes all dominoes to fall
4. **DOCUMENT THE DISTANCE IN TABLE
5. **DOCUMENT THE TIME IN TABLE
6. Complete 3 trials
7. Calculate the average speed of all three trials

6. Speed Walk Challenge 1. Measure out distance of walking track
2. Each person will walk track as fast as they can… your feet must not lift higher than 5 cm
3. Measure each persons time
4. **DOCUMENT THE DISTANCE IN TABLE
5. **DOCUMENT THE TIME IN TABLE
6. Complete 1 trial for each person
7. Calculate your own speed

7. Speed Walk Challenge 1. Measure out distance of walking track
2. Each person will walk track as fast as they can… your feet must not lift higher than 5 cm
3. Measure each persons time
4. **DOCUMENT THE DISTANCE IN TABLE
5. **DOCUMENT THE TIME IN TABLE
6. Complete 1 trial for each person
7. Calculate your own speed

8. Truck Challenge 1. Measure out distance of the race track
2. Pull back the truck about 10 cm
3. Let go and measure the time it takes the truck to go from starting line to finish line
4. **DOCUMENT THE DISTANCE IN TABLE
5. **DOCUMENT THE TIME IN TABLE
6. Complete 3 trials 7.
7. Calculate the average speed of all three trials

9. Truck Challenge 1. Measure out distance of the race track
2. Pull back the truck about 10 cm
3. Let go and measure the time it takes the truck to go from starting line to finish line
4. **DOCUMENT THE DISTANCE IN TABLE
5. **DOCUMENT THE TIME IN TABLE
6. Complete 3 trials 7.
7. Calculate the average speed of all three trials

10. Marble Challenge
1. Measure out distance of the marble track from the bottom of ramp to the finish line
2. Place one book under the ramp
3. Drop a marble and measure the time it takes the marble to go from start to finish
4. Add another book and repeat
5. Add a third book and repeat
6. **DOCUMENT THE DISTANCE IN TABLE
7. **DOCUMENT THE TIME IN TABLE
8. Complete 1 trial for each height
9. Calculate the average speed of all three trials

11. Graph Matching Challenge1.

12. Speed Trial 1 Speed Trial 2 Speed Trial 3 Event Time 1 (s) Time 2
Distance Trial 1
(m/s)
Distance Trial 2
Distance Trial 3
Speed Trial 1
Speed Trial 2
Speed Trial 3
Slinky Challenge
Dominos Challenge
Speed Walk Challenge
Marble Challenge
Truck Challenge