Whether you're responding to a starting pistol or hitting a ball served by your opponent, reaction times are enormously important in sport. This activity includes both an interactive computer test of reaction times and suggestions for a hands-on experiment, and encourages younger secondary maths students (Key Stage 3) to make and test hypotheses and to collect and analyse data.
Detailed teachers' notes for this activity are available on our NRICH website.
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Detailed teachers' notes for this activity are available on our NRICH website.
