This enrichment activity asks students to research the speeds of different animals from a provided website. They are to name the fastest and slowest animal, arrange the speeds from slowest to fastest, and create a bar chart showing the speeds. Students will also calculate the distances each animal could travel if moving for two hours without stopping. The due date for this activity is November 4th, 2014.
This enrichment activity asks students to research the speeds of different animals from a provided website. They are to name the fastest and slowest animal, arrange the speeds from slowest to fastest, and create a bar chart showing the speeds. Students will also calculate the distances each animal could travel if moving for two hours without stopping. The due date for this activity is November 4th, 2014.
This enrichment activity asks students to research the speeds of different animals from a provided website. They are to name the fastest and slowest animal, arrange the speeds from slowest to fastest, and create a bar chart showing the speeds. Students will also calculate the distances each animal could travel if moving for two hours without stopping. The due date for this activity is November 4th, 2014.
1. Search the Internet to find out how fast each animal below can move. Type in http://www.speedofanimals.com/ to get the list of animals.
* Elephant * Cat *Garden Snail *Rabbit
*Horse *House Mouse * Gazelle
2. a) Name the fastest animal. b) Which animal is the slowest? c) Arrange the speeds from the slowest to the fastest animal. d) Draw a bar chart based on the data collected. You may also use Microsoft Excel to produce the bar chart.
3. Calculate the distance travelled if the animals were to move for two hours without stopping.