- Created by: Alexander Juden, Southwestern College
- Type of activity: hands on activity
- Course level: Intermediate Algebra
- Topic: Motion
- Materials:
- Tape measure
- Stopwatch
- Two battery powered toy trains (cars, or other) that can travel on the tray of the whiteboard at a constant velocity (ideally, the two trains will have different velocities).
- Time required: 30+ minutes
- Description: The purpose of this lab is to investigate motion, and the use of the equation d=rt. The velocity of each train will be determined, and then the class will calculate the time/location of a collision between these two trains.
- Implementation notes (follow up/discussion questions, pedagogical recommendations, etc.): see attachment
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