1. Lab this week was focused on head starts and how to make races fair for everyone, with the main question being, "How can we make races fair for everyone?" My group chose to investigate this question with a one-legged race. We gave the weaker racer a one-hop head start, which worked quite well with our group. However, our measurements were incredibly off when we tested this against another group and in front of the class.
2. In Thursday's lecture, we related everything we learned in the lab to the NGSS framework. We also learned how to create a more accurate test based on the speed of a racer and we can use a distance head start for the racers. The main idea of this relates back to the equation: speed=distance/time. Also, we talked about patterns in motion, and how the start and stop speeds impact the head start time.
3. The reading was based on all aspects of motion, which allows us to predict the speed and action in different situations. Learning all of the things that contribute to motion was very helpful. The reading touched on acceleration and velocity, and those are two concepts I still need to investigate further.
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