Using clocks and stopwatches
By: Lorijo Metz
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Science tools
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781448896899; 9781448898367; 9781448898374
Subjects: Time; Scientific apparatus and instruments; Measurement; Time measurements; Juvenile literature; Clocks and watches
Description: This guide teaches students how to use clocks and stop watches. Explanations are provided of how these tools can be used to study things, such as a persons heart rate and how fast animals learn. Discussion about how to construct an experiment make it easy for readers to do one themselves and one is provided for them to try.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 24) and index.
Table of contents: title: What are clocks and stopwatches?; title: Hours, minutes and seconds; title: Analog and digital clocks; title: Using a stopwatch; title: The scientific method; title: Our sense of time; title: How long does it take?; title: Measuring your heart rate; title: Timing experiments; title: Time to experiment.