HOW FAST OR HOW SLOW?

A) In a car race, how do we

tell which car is faster than
the others?

B)In a swimming competition,

how do you determine who is
the fastest swimmer?
 AIM
TO OBSERVE THE
SPEED OF WHICH TOY
CAR IS FASTER
HYPOTHESIS

THE FASTER OBJECTS TRAVELS A

LONGER DISTANCE IN A GIVEN TIME
APPARATUS
TOY CAR

PLANK

THICK BOOK

STOPWATCH

METRE RULE
TITLE : SPEED

DAY : MONDAY

DURATION : 10.00 – 10.30 AM

DATE : 13 FEB 2012

VENUE : YEAR 4

OBJECTIVE OF THE DAY: SELECT COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND CHOOSE NAME

FOR THE GROUP.

STEP TAKEN : 1) SELECT COMMITTEE MEMBERS

GROUP LEADER : DURGAMBIGAI

ASSISTANT GROUP LEADER : SIVARAMAN

SECRETARY : SRI GANESH

TREASURER : DORAIRAJU

MEMBER : KAATHIGAYAN

STEP TAKEN : 1) CHOOSE NAME FOR THE GROUP

RANGERS

TEACHER ADVISOR
TITLE : SPEED

DAY : THURSDAY

DURATION : 1.30 – 2.30 PM

DATE : 16 FEB 2012

VENUE : CANTEEN

OBJECTIVE OF THE DAY : PREPARE APPARATUS

STEP TAKEN: 1) WE DISCUSS ALL THE APPARATUS THAT WE NEED TO DO

EXPERIMENT ABOUT SPEED

1. TOY CAR
2. PLANK
3. THICK BOOK
4. STOPWATCH
5. METRE RULE

2) WE DISCUSS THE PROCEDURES WITH TEACHER

3) WE DIVIDE WORK WITH OUR GROUP MEMBERS

TEACHER ADVISOR
TITLE : SPEED

DAY : TUESDAY

DURATION : 1.30 – 2.00 PM

DATE : 21 FEB 2012

VENUE : YEAR 1

OBJECTIVE OF THE DAY : COLLECT INFORMATION

.

STEP TAKEN 1) TEACHER ASK TO CLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT SPEED

FROM BOOKS, INTERNET AND SO ON.

2) TEACHER EXPLAIN ABOUT THE EXPERIMENT AND

STEPS ABOUT HOW TO DO THE EXPERIMENT.

3) WE PREPARE LOG BOOK FOR THE EXPERIMENT .

TEACHER ADVISOR
TITLE : SPEED

DAY : THURSDAY

DURATION : 1.30 – 2.00 PM

DATE : 23 FEB 2012

VENUE : CANTEEN

OBJECTIVE OF THE DAY : COMPARING THE DISTANCES TRAVELLED IN A GIVEN

TIME

STEP TAKEN 1)WE START THE EXPERIMENT WITH RAISE THE HEIGHT OF
THE RAMP WITH 1 BOOK

2) THEN, WE RELEASE THE TOY CAR FROM THE TOP OF THE

RAMP.

3) WE START THE STOPWATCH WHEN THE TOY CAR

ARRIVES AT THE BOTTOM OF RAMP.

4) WE STOP THE STOPWATCH AFTER 20 SECONDS.

5) FINALLY, MEASURE THE HORIZONTAL DISTANCE THAT

THE TOY CAR TRAVEL.

TEACHER ADVISOR
TITLE : SPEED

DAY : MONDAY

DURATION : 1.30 – 2.30 PM

DATE : 26 FEB 2012

VENUE : CANTEEN

OBJECTIVE OF THE DAY : COMPARING THE DISTANCES TRAVELLED IN A GIVEN

TIME

STEP TAKEN 1) WE START THE EXPERIMENT WITH RAISE THE HEIGHT OF

THE RAMP BY ADDING ANOTHER BOOK.

2) THEN, WE RELEASE THE TOY CAR FROM THE TOP OF THE

RAMP.

3) WE START THE STOPWATCH WHEN THE TOY CAR

ARRIVES AT THE BOTTOM OF RAMP.

4) WE STOP THE STOPWATCH AFTER 20 SECONDS.

5) FINALLY, MEASURE THE HORIZONTAL DISTANCE THAT

THE TOY CAR TRAVEL.

TEACHER ADVISOR