Q3 Activity 3.

3 Fun walk
Objective
In this activity you should be able to gather data to determine who walks fastest.
Procedure

1. Start by choosing a spacious place to walk straight.

2. Half of the group will walk while the other half will observe and record data.

3. Mark on the ground the starting line. All participants must start from the starting line
at the same time.

4. Upon receiving the go signal, all participants must start to walk as fast as they could.
The other members should observe closely as the participants walk and determine who
walks fastest.

5. Repeat #4 but this time, collect data to support your conclusion. Discuss within your
group how you are going to do this.

Q18. What quantities did you measure for your data?

Q19. How did you combine these quantities to determine how fast each participant was
walking?
Q20. How did you use the result to determine who walked fastest?

Speed
The questions in the above activity are actually referring to speed. If you know the
speed of each participant, you can tell who is the fastest. Speed is defined as distance
travelled divided by the time of travel.

The units of speed can be miles per hour (mi/h), kilometres per hour (km/h), or meters
per second (m/s).
Q21. At constant distance, how is speed related to the time of travel?
Q22. At constant time to travel, how is speed related to the distance travelled?
Q23. Who was travelling faster than the other, a person who covered 10 meters in 5
seconds or the one who took 10 seconds to cover 20 meters?
Speed and direction
In describing the motion of an object, we do not just describe how fast the object moves.
We also consider the direction to where it is going. Speed with direction is referred to as
velocity. The sample weather bulletin below will show you the importance of knowing
not just the speed of the storm but also its direction.