How+Fast?+How+Far?+Wonderings

toc Collect some of your class's thoughts and put them up here.

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By Nicole,Kimberly and Bethany from Greytown School 13 One Borrow three five year olds: Get them all to run 100m how long do you think it will take them? 5 years. Estimate 1) 2 minute Estimate 2) 1 minute Estimate 3) 2 and a half minutes

Us Estimate for all 30-35 seconds.

Now how far do you think they will go if they travel at their 100m speed for one hour. 5 years Estimate 1) Carterton Estimate 2) Martinborough Estimate 3) Featherston.

Us Estimate 1 Masterton Estimate 2 Cross creek Estimate 3) Tora

Answers. 5 years Person 1)39:72 seconds Person 2)36:69 seconds Person 3)31:16 seconds

11 and 12 year olds Person 1) 31:81 seconds Person 2)33:90 seconds Person 3)30:94 seconds.

Average time for 5 year olds was 35:50 seconds Average 31 seconds.

Identify somewhere 100 kilometres from the school. How long will it take your Super 5 year old to run there? How about you?

5 year kids Estimate 1) 5 hours Estimate 2) 6 and a half hours

11 and 12 Estimate 1) 4 hours Estimate 2) 3 and a half hours Great work girls - i will watch with interest as you work out increasing speed and distance - it will be interesting to compare your 100m speed with usain Bolt 8-} Talk about lighning feet. Start looking at the How big are we and thinking about distance covered. Mr K

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__**Josie, Room 13, Greytown School**__ Usain Bolt is now the fastest man alive. He is 6.5 and is a proud Jamacian. Usain enjoys dancing and playing cricket as hobbies. At the Bejing olympics Bolt won 3 gold medals and broke 2 records, one the the 100m sprint and the other for the 200m sprint. He has set the 100m sprint record to 9.69 seconds and the 200m sprint to 19.30 seconds. That is amazing! That means he can travel one kilometer in 96.9 seconds!

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__**Sophie, Room 13, Greytown School**__ Most people know that the cheetah is the fastest land animal, which can reach speeds of up to 125 mph. But what about in the air? When diving, the Peregine Falcon has been recorded at 322 km per hour! A list of the world’s quickest swimming fish is topped by the Metropolitan Sailfish, at 110 km per hour; followed by the Black Marlin, at 80 km per hour.

__**Lizzy, Room 13, Greytown School.**__ The fastest animal in the world completely depends on what kind of race it is. For instance if it was a swimming race the Short Fin Marko Shark would win. If it was a running race the Cheetah would win. If it was a flying race the Spine tailed sift would win. Another interesting fact on fast animals is a bird called the Peregrine falcon that does a head dive from the sky, it can travel at the pace of 200mph!