How fast can you walk?
Objective: Measure your personal walking speed.
Materials: Meter Stick / Any measuring device
Stopwatch / Cellphone with stopwatch
Procedure: Look for a straight path that you can freely walk.
: Mark the origin and the end point.
: Use a stopwatch to obtain the time it takes for you to walk a 20 m distance.
: Make 5 trials.
: Speed can be obtained by dividing the distance over time.
TRIALS DISTANCE ( m ) TIME ( S ) SPEED ( m/s )
1 20 20.40 1.0 m/s
2 20 18.94 1.0 m/s
3 20 18.17 1.1 m/s
4 20 17.21 1.2 m/s
5 20 16.40 1.2 m/s
speed = 1.1 m/s
20/1.1=18.2 m/s average speed
Analysis:
1.) Using your average speed, how far can you walk in 1 hour about 500 m. Look your average speed, how long it takes you from going these?