Group no.

___ Date: ____

Members: ___________ Score: ______

Activity no. 3
How POWER-ful Am I?
Objective:
 Distinguish the relationship of work and power;
 Compute your power and work output in walking and running up a flight of stairs.
Materials:
 meter stick
 timer
Procedure:
1. Write the group members’ names in the first column and the mass of each member.
2. Enter each member’s weight in column 3. To solve for the weight, multiply the mass in
kg by acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s2).
3. Measure the height of the flight of the stairs that you will climb. Record it on the table.
4. Each member will walk run up the flight of stairs. Use a stopwatch or any watch to get
the time it takes for each member to climb the stairs. Record the time in the 5th column.
5. Compute for the power output of each member.

Group Mass (kg) Weight (N) Height of Work (J) Power for Power for
members the stairs walking running (J/s)
(m) (J/s)
1.
2.
3.
4.

Activity Questions:

1. Who among the group members had the highest power output?

2. What is the highest power output?

3. Who among the group members had the lowest power output?

4. What is the lowest power output?

5. What can you say about the work done by each member of the group? Did each member
perform the same amount of work in climbing the stairs?

6. What factor/s determined the highest/lowest power output?

Conclusions: