Take a moment to answer these questions.

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  • How can you measure how fast you're walking?
  • How can you measure or calculate the energy of an object in motion?
  • Which type of energy is that?

Build a pedometer!

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We’ll use it to measure your steps and detect how fast you’re walking.

  • Done! I’ve built my pedometer.

Practise measuring your steps.

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  • I've programmed my pedometer.
  • I've walked 10 steps to test my program.
  • I've imported the data into my graph.
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    • How can you identify the individual steps in your graph data?
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Adjust your program to detect your steps.

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  • I've found the threshold value to detect each peak on the graph.
  • I’ve put in the threshold value in the variable.

Convert your steps into a unit of speed, and then kinetic energy.

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  • I've converted my steps into speed (distance/time).
  • I've walked slowly and then faster to see the change in speed.
  • I've converted my steps into kinetic energy (½mv2).

Spend more time exploring.

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  • I've found a cool way to display energy levels!

How did you do?

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How would you summarise your experiment?

Brilliant!