Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Average Speed and Rich Eisen's Ineptitude in the 40 Yard Dash

For Students 9th - 10th
At the 2010 NFL draft, NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen was dared to run the 40-yard dash. The 40-something reporter in a suit was no match for the 22-year-old NFL draft prospects. Eisen's colleagues put together this segement mocking his...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Speed & Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
A slide show with three accompanying video lesson segments illustrating the difference between speed and velocity, and demonstrating how to calculate average speed and velocity. [6:31]
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Approximate Speed in Traffic Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
This game is designed to help students use mental math to find the average speed of traffic. A video which helps explain the program is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZV-RmyPc90&feature=youtu.be
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Runaway Train: Investigating Speed With Photo Gates

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students conduct an experiment to determine the relationship between the speed of a wooden toy car at the bottom of an incline and the height at which it is released. They observe how the photogate-based speedometer instrument "clocks"...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Speed: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain what speed is, including the difference between average speed and instantaneous speed, showing how to calculate both. It will also show the common units used to represent speed. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Speed

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Outlines how to calculate the speed of a moving object.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Motion: Calculating and Graphing Students Walking Speed

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students will collect and analyze data of their walking speed. They will compare their speed to an outside speed walker. They will determine their speed every 20 meters up to 100 meters. They will complete five trials to...
Website
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Average vs.instantaneous Speed

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an animation illustrating the distinction between the average speed and the instantaneous speed for any given motion.
eBook
University of California

Ucla: Speed and Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the meaning of velocity in terms of a graphical representation. Calculus-based discussion. Good graphics.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on how to calculate average speed and distance traveled. It also explains how to convert different units of measure and provides a link to an assessment.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Timing a Speedbot!

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Students strengthen their communication skills by first learning the meaning of base units and derived units. Then, working in groups, students measure the time for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots and calculate the robots' average speeds at...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Average Kinetic Energy and Rms Speed Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
This program asks students to determine the average KE of a gas molecule in a sample and then find the rms speed of the particles that make up the sample.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Speed and Velocity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this investigation, learners will work in groups to design a model roller coaster, which will be used to clock the fastest speed for the rider (ball bearing/marble) The groups will build roller coaster models and modify and adjust...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: The Biomechanics of Pitching

For Students 9th - 10th
The goal of this sports science fair project is to learn more about the biomechanics of baseball pitching. The student will investigate if stepping forward and the length of the step affects the speed of the pitch. The Science Buddies...
Study Guide
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Average Rates of Change

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This document looks at look at the difference between averages and instantaneous rates of change. Formulas are provided for average speed, instantaneous speed, the slope of a secant line, the slope of a tangent, and the slope of a curve...
Interactive
Other

Machine Head Software: Speed Distance Time Calculators

For Students 3rd - 8th
A collection of calculators to find the average speed, time, or distance depending on the variables given.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Singing Angels: Measurement: Volume and Speed

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Students will complete interactive activities to explore measurement of length, volume, capacity, time, and averages.
Handout
Oswego City School District

Oswego City School District: Speed and Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
This animated tutorial illustrates distance and displacement to define speed and velocity.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Falling Down

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will determine the average speed of a falling object. They will observe whether or not changing the mass and keeping the same shape have an effect on the average speed of the object.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Speed Review

For Students 9th - 10th
How to calculate average velocity and speed in one-dimension in word problems.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Speed With Direction Changes: Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice calculating average velocity and speed from word problems when an object changes directions.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Speed in One Direction: Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice calculating average velocity and speed from word problems when an object moves in one direction.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Position Time Graphs

For Students 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How motion and speed can be represented by a distance-time graph and how average speed can be calculated from it.
Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 Dimensional Kinematics

For Students 6th - 8th
An activity in which average speed is calculated for a ball sliding along an inclined plane. This speed is compared to various instantaneous speeds along the incline.

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