This lab has not been updated to use any of the new LabQuest sensors. You might be able to work the heart rate monitor and/or blood pressure sensor in between trips up and down the stairs.
Student Objectives
- Distinguish between the concepts of work and power
- Determine the work done and the power expended (in watts and horsepower) by a person in running up a flight of stairs
- Practice unit conversions
- Compare the work done in climbing a flight of stairs to the energy gained by eating a packet of M&Ms