Eighth Grade: Using Distance and Time Data to Calculate Speed

 

The Eighth Graders set up tracks so that they could measure the time that it took for a ball to go 1 meter. They used the information to calculate the speed of the ball. At the beginning of the track they made a ramp supported by a stack of books. The higher the ramp, the faster the speed! 





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