Methods II- Week 2

1.) The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did.

We talked about how to ensure a race is exciting, and how to make one exciting. In our table groups we all were given the task to create a race that we would then race against someone else and make it so that both racers cross at about the same time. My group chose to speed walk and we were against someone who was just plainly walking. It was a race down 8m and when they reached 4m that’s when I started to speed walk. Thus, putting us at about the same time at the finish line. (Walking at opposite ends as well.)

2.) A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture.

We touched a lot on different little things, but I remember vividly It being, measuring speed, distance, and time. We talked on how to communicate clearly about motion, we need standard units. And how speed measures how far something moves in a certain time. Position gives the location of an object relative to some reference point. And finally measuring the position and motion of an object allows us to predict where it will be in the future. We also talked on how early you’d have to leave if you were on a bike against someone in a car to get 5 miles and get there at the same time.

3.) Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading: 

                    1.) What did you learn?

I feel like this might sound a little silly, but I feel like I relearned things that I hadn’t thought about in a long time. It was nice to get a refresher and slowly ease into things with speed. I had forgotten that speed = distance/ time. Something I remember younger me learning but something I didn’t realize was in my brain.

                    2.) What was most helpful?

Having concepts explained in a helpful simple way that makes it user and especially student friendly when reading in the book is nice. Like when its describing motion, and along with distance. So I would say 2 things. The layout of the textbook, along with being able to read and see things and how motion/distance is described.

                    3.) What do you need more information on? 

I think for the future I think talking about velocity and how it will play more into the motion part of the unit and speed will help me better understand it. So, for the more information portion of this question, I would say velocity for now.

                    4.) What questions/concerns/comments do you have? 

I’m not sure I have anything that stands out too much at this time. Just wanting to soak in the information well enough first.