Resources
Speed of sound: resonance tube
A different investigation to calculate the speed of sound in air using an air column in a tube. Very easy to set up and take measurements, which is ideal for a class practical.
Speed of the Earth
This video, from Twig World, explains that the planet earth is constantly moving through space and models the Earth’s orbit as a circle in order to approximate the distance travelled in one year and hence estimate the distance the Earth travels every second. The video is accompanied by a lesson plan and a...
Speed of waves
These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:
- Measure the speed of a wave using v = s/t.
- Describe how the speed of a wave can, and cannot, be changed.
- Describe how the frequency of a wave moving through a particular...
Speed Pairs
A quick game, from the ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary CD-ROM, for up to four pupils to reinforce their knowledge of some aspects of Physical Processes.
The resource comprises of cards and instructions for playing the game. Pupils compete to collect the starts and ends of statements or questions. Areas...
Speed Pairs
This quick game is provided by ASE and it aims to recap and reinforce students' knowledge of some aspects of physical processes. The resource comprises of cards and instructions for playing the game. Students compete to collect the beginning and end of statements or questions. Areas covered are electricity, forces...
Speed record
The aim of this resource is to give students the opportunity to investigate the science, technology, engineering and mathematics behind travelling at speed. Students will explore the maths and science of calculating speed before investigating vortices created by wing tips.
Welsh versions of the guidance...
This sub-collection of materials from the dy/dan collection contains three resources that bring mathematical storytelling to the classroom in the context of ‘speed, acceleration, and motion’. Resources comprise:
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Act One: a video or photograph to provide a ‘hook’ to the problem
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Act...
Speed, Distance and Time
This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 8B which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the second half of year 8.
Speed, distance and time covers, the ideas on instantaneous speed and average speed, calculating speed, distance and time, problems involving mixed units, distance - time graphs...
Speed, velocity and acceleration
This video links well to the Scalars and vectors resource. It explains the difference between speed and velocity in more detail by introducing velocity as the rate of change of displacement (as opposed to distance).
The equation v = s/...