Objective
Calculate
the speed of travel for the Bloody Pingu!
Use the equation:
Speed = Distance / Time
Materials
* Lab Book
* Pen/Pencil
* Stop Watch or Time device that measures seconds.
* Bloody Pingu!
Directions
1. Go to
www.sci-con.com
2. Click on the
8th Grade
Physical
Sciences Textbook image.
3. Click the link to
Physics.
4. Click the image next to Motion to open
the
Bloody Pingu shockwave format game.
5. To begin the game, click the left mouse button once, and the
Penguin on the top of the rock should begin to fall.
6. Click the mouse button again to make the Snow Monster swing
its club and hit the falling penguin.
7. On contact of the club and the penguin, begin the timing
device.
8. The penguin will fly through the air and once it stops, stop
the timing device.
9. The distance given is in Meters.
10. Use the total time and total distance to calculate the speed
of the penguin.
11. Repeat these steps until 10 data points are collected.
12. Calculate the speed of the penguin for each of the 10
attempts.
13. Calculate the overall average speed of all attempts.