Week 1

August 26, 2024

The big question that we addressed in our lab this week was figuring out how two students who race at different speeds can finish at the same time. My group chose to have two people race in chairs. We found that one student had to race backward and one student had to face forwards for both racers to finish at the same time. This allowed for about a 1.5m/s head start. 

This week I think the most helpful part was being able to work in groups. This allowed us to brainstorm different ways to allow for the race to be equitable while also still exciting for the kids. One area that could have used a little more information was the distance we were supposed to be racing. When we originally raced my group went outside, but when we met back up our form of movement was not best for the little space we had available in the classroom. I don't have any remaining questions or comments for this week.

This learning continued over in Thursday's lecture as we discussed what our model included and what factors they left out. We were also then able to connect this lesson to NGSS, which will help us to use this in a classroom activity in our teaching careers. Lastly, we discussed a mathematical equation that helps us to calculate measuring speed, distance, and time.