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In response to your request, Physics 500 is a lab investigation that
teaches the relationship between average speed, distance and time.
Divide class into groups of three.  Each group gets a meterstick and a
watch. Somewhere in the school yard, you pick a race course, say, the
length of a set of tennis courts or across a parking lot.  They are to
find an alternate way to conduct a race, such as a sack race, or three
legged race, or walking backwards, etc.  They then use the meterstick and
watch to determine their average speed across the course, for several
different modes of transportation.  They are then asked to determine a
distance that you have picked, such as the length of a building, by using
their now known average speed and the watch.  i.e. Distance = Velocity X
Time.  After each group has determined what they believe to be the
distance asked for, bring the class back inside.  Average the class data
and send them back out with meter sticks to find the actual distance and
compare.  That's my version of the lab.  It's in the Lab manual that goes
with the text.  It's lots of fun.  Write me if you have further
questions.  I've been teaching out of Hewitt's book for 5 years now and
really like it.  Good Luck!!
                        Bob Siskind
                        Oakland Mills High School
                        Columbia, MD 21045
                        HP  301-596-3808.