Stopping distances

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Phil Routledge
Stopping distances
Main Subject
Key stage
Exam board
Category
Forces: Forces and motion
Inside
Includes answers
Resource type
Student activity
Starter/Plenary
Revision
Maths skills
Graphs

This KS4 resource covers ideas in AQA specification 6.5.4.3 Forces and braking. It works through factors that affect thinking distance and braking distance. There are tables for students to copy and complete to show speed and stopping distances. It illustrates thinking and braking distance with graphs.

It introduces thinking and braking distances with questions, activities and links to reaction time simulators, just supply graph paper and calculators!

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Still excellent ! love the ROSPA stimulator. Shows science in a wider context that students can relate to. Thank you.

Uchechi Igwe

04/09/2019

5

04/09/2019

I followed up the lesson with a table to complete and questions based on the RoSPA website stopping distance simulator.

05/10/2017

Using this with my Y11 class - I have copied and printed the tables and summary for pupils to write on to save time.

03/10/2017

Still excellent ! love the ROSPA stimulator. Shows science in a wider context that students can relate to. Thank you.

Uchechi Igwe

04/09/2019

5

04/09/2019

I followed up the lesson with a table to complete and questions based on the RoSPA website stopping distance simulator.

05/10/2017

Using this with my Y11 class - I have copied and printed the tables and summary for pupils to write on to save time.

03/10/2017

An excellent resource - hugely grateful!

03/10/2017

5