Lesson 1: Measuring Speed

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Lesson 1 Measuring Speed

• Objectives
• Identify the two factors that speed depends on.
• Calculate the speed of a ball down a ramp.
• Determine the relationship between height and
  speed.
• Essential Question
• How do we know that things have energy?
• Standards 3,1
• Warm-up Holts Tech. Chp.1 Sect.1 Measuring
  Motion
• What is speed?
• What two factors does speed depend on?
• How is speed measured?

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ltLesson 1 Measuring Speedgt
Name

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Lab
How Can We Determine the Relationship Between the
Release Height of A Ball and Its Speed?
ramp, golf ball, stopwatch, meter stick
Materials

• Y axis

Diagram
Graph
Ramp Ht. (cm)
Speed Distance (cm)/ Time (sec)
Pre-determined distance
(cm)
Ramp
X axis
10 20 30
Data
Release height (cm)
Speed Distance (cm) / Time (sec)
Ramp Ht. (cm)
Summary
Refer to Investigation Reflection Summary of
Activity