As part of their World Around Us work, pupils in Mr Hart's class have been investigating how fast they can run. The pupils used a range of apparatus to set up a science investigation. Using a trundle wheel the pupils marked out a course of 20metres. They then recorded how long it took to sprint the 20metre distance. Afterwards the pupils calculated their average speed by dividing the distance run by the time it took to cover that distance.
Once completed, the boys and girls realised that it was very difficult to time each run accurately. Fortunately Mr McCullough had access to speed gates which use lasers to time accurately. The pupils repeated their investigation and even had the chance to race county footballer Niall Grimley. Pictured are some of the children completing the investigation. Fortunately for Niall his time wasn't beaten today!
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