In this lab, students will record the distance they travel in 40 seconds down a hallway. This lab ties in physics with nature of science/inquiry. The lab report includes hypothesis, procedure, materials, data table, *graphing and analyzing data, observations, conclusion and sharing results with another group.

This is a free lab activity that brings motion graphs to life.

Tips/Tricks:
To reduce movement, I usually split my classes into 2 groups- boys and girls. I have 1 walker and 1 timer for each group and the rest of the students are on the sidelines with their data table, notebook and pencil collecting data. I have the group walk as the walker travels down the hallway. In my school, each tile is a foot long so we collect data in feet. If this is not the case at your school, you could use 1 piece of long tape to mark out the distance or use a tape measure. Students measure the distance traveled from the starting line each 5 seconds. Some groups prefer to drop a rubberband or paperclip every 5 seconds, whereas, other groups prefer to stop each 5 seconds and collect the data as they go.