Physics in Everyday Life: motion, forces, energy

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I'm learning "Physics in Everyday Life: motion, forces, energy" on The Future Market. Lesson 1: "Motion: speed, velocity and acceleration".

What the lesson teaches:
- Speed = distance / time. If you walk 100 m in 50 s, your speed is 2 m/s.
- Velocity is speed in a given direction (for example, 2 m/s north).
- Acceleration is how quickly velocity changes. Speeding up, slowing down and turning are all acceleration.
- Units (SI, the metric system): distance in metres (m), time in seconds (s), speed in m/s, acceleration in m/s² (metres per second, every second).
- Changing units: to change km/h to m/s, divide by 3.6. So 50 km/h is about 13.9 m/s and 100 km/h is about 27.8 m/s.
- Average vs. instant speed: a car trip of 120 km in 2 hours has an average speed of 60 km/h, even if the speedometer showed 0 at red lights and 100 on the highway.

The exercise I'm working on:
Mark 10 m on a sidewalk or in a park with a tape measure. Time yourself walking, then fast walking, then jogging (with an adult if you're a kid). Calculate each speed in m/s and in km/h. Which one is closest to a car moving through a school zone? ---

I'm stuck. Please:
1. Explain the main idea in plain, simple words with one everyday example.
2. Walk me through the exercise one small step at a time. Ask me what I've done so far before giving the next step.
3. Don't just give me the final answer. Help me do it myself, and check my work when I share it.

I'm a parent helping my child (about 8 years old) with a lesson called "Motion: speed, velocity and acceleration" from the course "Physics in Everyday Life: motion, forces, energy".

Here's what the lesson says:
Speed is how fast something goes. If you run across the yard in 5 seconds and your friend takes 10, you were faster. Acceleration is when you speed up, slow down or turn, like a swing going faster at the bottom.

The activity:
Mark 10 m on a sidewalk or in a park with a tape measure. Time yourself walking, then fast walking, then jogging (with an adult if you're a kid). Calculate each speed in m/s and in km/h. Which one is closest to a car moving through a school zone? ---

Please explain this so an 8-year-old understands: short sentences, a fun everyday example, and no hard words.
Then give me 3 simple questions I can ask my child to check they understood, and a way to do the activity together, one tiny step at a time.