25 points
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY!
ONLY USE YOUR TOUCH PAD OR SCREEN FOR THE EXPERIMENTS, NOT THE KEYBOARD.
The sheet for entering your results was handed out in class.
ROUND ANY DECIMAL ANSWERS TO THE NEAREST HUNDREDTHS!!
(For example: 0.30, 0.34, 0.45, 0.22, etc...)
A. HOW OLD ARE YOUR REACTIONS?
1. Click on the link below.
2. Complete five trials and record your best score on the class list spreadsheet. Convert to seconds. (for example...235 milliseconds = 0.235 seconds)
https://www.justpark.com/creative/reaction-time-test/
B. STOP LIGHT
1. Click on the link below.
2. Complete 5 trials and record your average on the class list spreadsheet.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/redgreen.html
C. COLORED CIRCLES
1. Click on the link below.
2. Complete 5 trials and record your average on the class list spreadsheet.
https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/reaction-time.html
D. RED TO GREEN SCREEN
1. Not working. Leave this column blank.
E. INTERESTING ARTICLE
Follow the link below to read an interesting article on timing a race.
Do you see the connection among your reaction time tests (those online tests) and this article on timing? Explain in your final report and include some of your data.
What other sports or activities involve reaction time? List at least two. How important is reaction time to that sport or activity? Explain in your final report.
http://speedendurance.com/2014/08/20/why-0-24-seconds-is-added-to-hand-times/
F. FINAL REPORT
Your first paragraph of your final report must include information about what you learned about human reaction from watching the slow motion videos. Then include your answers to part E (from above) in your second paragraph. Your third paragraph must include your conclusions you reached based on the subset comparisons your group chose for the meter stick testing. Be sure to include data in this paragraph.
Your final report must be a Google Document and "turned in" to Mr. Merscher on Google Classroom. A template will be shared with you. Each student turns in their own individual document, no group documents will be allowed.
Your full report is due by 2:53pm on Friday, June 6th.