Calculate Speed Worksheet: Use REAL World Record Runner Data

This speed worksheet uses actual World Record running data!  Get kids interested in the speed numbers they calculate and graph.

This worksheet lists the current World Record run times for men and women in 10 different race lengths. Students are given some information on the runner and their times, and then the activity proceeds as follows:

1. Calculate the runners’ average speeds for each world-record race
2. Graph average speed versus distance (graph provided)
3. Answer analysis questions

You may also be interested in these speed resources:

• Dominoes Speed Lab
• Speed & Speed Graphs Test
• Graphing Speed Worksheet

Teacher Notes:

• Supports NGSS standard MS-PS3-1.
• Includes an answer key.
• Please note: this resource is not editable.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-PS3-1: Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.