What did we do?

We compared two different waterslides, the "Flash Flood" and the "Salsa Twist." We thought about what makes a ride fun, then measured two things: how fast and how "wild" each ride was. First, Valerie rode each slide several times, timing her ride with a stopwatch. We then found out the length of each ride and divided the length by the average time to get her speed. Next, Margie then rode each ride several times with a mazometer — a plastic-covered maze. As she rode down the slide, she tried to follow the maze with a grease pencil. more...