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Test your reaction time with a fun game using a Reaction Timer Box. Calculate stopping distances and see how distractions affect your response time. Understand how driver errors are often caused by slow reactions. Learn the science behind quick responses and enhance safety. Partner activities like catching a ruler can also improve reaction speed. This investigative tool offers insights into human reflexes and distances covered while reacting. Explore the fascinating world of reaction times through practical experiments.
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Catching a ruler • Working in pairs • One person holds the top end of the ruler • The other person puts their thumb and first finger either side of the other end • The person holding the ruler lets go of the ruler • The other person catches the ruler and reads their reaction time from the ruler
An investigation to measure reaction time and calculate stopping distances using the reaction timer box • You will find out: • Your reaction time. • How your reaction time changes if you are phoning or being distracted. • You will calculate stopping distances for different speeds. Image: Wikipedia: This work is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution 2.0 License.
The Reaction Timer Sequence: Reset Clears away any previous measurements, ready to start again. Start Makes the light flash for a random number of times, after which it stays on. Stop Causes the time between the light staying on and the user pressing this button to be displayed. • It displays (from the left) • Reaction time in milliseconds (1000 ms = 1 second) • Thinking distance in metres • Braking distance in metres
