Ticker Tape Timers

Mackenzie (Grade 10) Science Experiment – Distance vs. Time

In science class today we did an experiment for the start of our physics unit. What we did was set up Mrs. Sauder’s race track that has very low friction and we attached a ticker tape timer to the awesome red car to measure how fast the car goes while being pushed at a walking speed, on the length of track. To do this we used an acceleration timer (which is fairly loud). After we completed the track, we got to count dots and plot line graphs to determine how fast the car was going.