Motion and measuring distance
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Measure your room with steps and then with a tape measure or ruler and compare.
Steps differ for everyone; the metre gives the same result.
2
Convert: 3 m = ? cm; 500 cm = ? m; 4 km = ? m.
300 cm; 5 m; 4000 m
3
Draw the way from home to school and mark path and displacement.
Path — curved line; displacement — straight segment.
4
Find 3 things moving at home and say their paths (straight, circle...).
For example: clock hand — circle; thrown ball — parabola; door — arc.