Week 1 Lab

 1. Big Question: How do we make a race exciting between people who run at different speeds?

2. In Thursday's lecture, we learned about how we can calculate the speeds of two objects (distance/time=speed). We can use their speeds to calculate when the objects will reach an endpoint at the same time. I believe the lecture emphasized the importance of using units of measurement as well. We also examined NGSS and related it to our scientific investigation.

3. Weekly Textbook Reading

1. I learned about speed, velocity, and acceleration. Speed is a scalar quantity because it only gives the magnitude while velocity and acceleration are vector quantities because they give both a magnitude and direction.
2. I think the video about the differences between speed, velocity, and acceleration was helpful.
3. I think I want more information on how I can make a model at all of these concepts at work. Like a graph or some visual representation to really outline the differences and how they interact with each other. I believe this will also be more beneficial for the kids.
4. I am concerned about how we can model the difference between velocity and speed because they have the same formula. We don't say there is a difference between the two in the real world, but there is a difference in the science world. How can we make kids care about that? Why would they care about the science world's definition of speed and velocity if the real world uses them synonymously?