Lab: A Walk in the Park
(alternate lab -  http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap5/5.2/index.htm)
Background Information
    Although you may never have given much thought to your activity the last time you walked from one place to another, you were actually obeying important physical laws.  You exhibited motion.  Motion is movement from one place to another in a certain amount  of time.  In this activity you will take measurements to describe your motion and determine a relationship that can be used to describe motion.

Material
    stopwatch        meter measurement tape            masking tape

Procedure
    Part A
        1.    Place a small piece of masking tape on the floor or ground in an open area where you can walk freely.
        2.   Lay out the meter measurement tape at least 5 meter.  Tape it down to the ground with a piece of the masking tape.
        3.  Hold the stopwatch and stand at either piece of tape.  Start the stopwatch as you begin to walk at a normal pace in a straight line toward the 5 meter mark
        4.  Stop the stopwatch when you reach the 5 meter mark.  Record the time it took you to walk 5 meters.
        5.  Repeat steps 3 and 4 walking more rapidly than your normal pace.  Record your time.
        6.  Repeat steps 3 and 4 walking more slowly than your normal pace.  Record your time.

Observations
  Part A
                                                 Title

Speed Distance (meter) Time (seconds)
Normal 5
Faster 5
Slower 5
Analysis of Part A

    1.  Was your time the same for each of the trials in Part A?
            If not, why do you think the times varied?

    2.  How would all the times have changed if the distance between the two marks were increased??

    3.  How would all the times have changed if the distance between the two marks were decreased?
 

Procedure
   Part B
        1.    Place a small piece of masking tape on the floor or ground in an open area where you can walk freely.
        2.   Lay out the meter measurement tape approximately 30 meters.  Tape it down to the ground with a piece of the masking tape.
        3.  Hold the stopwatch and stand at "0 m" end of tape.  Start the stopwatch as you begin to walk at a normal pace in a straight line for 5 seconds.
        4.  Stop the stopwatch when you reach the 5 seconds.  Record the distance you walked in 5 seconds.
        5.  Repeat steps 3 and 4 walking more rapidly than your normal pace.  Record your distance.
        6.  Repeat steps 3 and 4 walking more slowly than your normal pace.  Record your distance.
 
 Observations
    Part B
                                             Title:

Speed Distance (meter) Time (seconds)
Normal 5
Faster 5
Slower 5
Analysis
    Part B
        1.  Was the distance you walked the same in each of the trials in Part B?
                    If not, why did it vary?

        2.  How would the distance walked change if the length of time you measured were increased?

        3.  How would the distance walked change if the length of time you measured were decreased?
 
 

Conclusion for Parts A and B

    1.  Describe a relationship between the distance you walk, the time it takes you to walk, and how fast fast or slow you walked.
 
 
 

Create 2 Tables  (table A)  (table B)
    Each graph will have 3 separate lines representing your 3 speeds.
    On each of the slope lines identify which was your normal speed, your fastest speed and your slowest speed on both graphs
    Which line was the steepest?