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Motion & Velocity

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Read to review the ideas, and answer questions 1-4.

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Fill in these notes to summarize our learning about motion graphs.

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Practice reading the graph. The graph shows a snail's wild journey through a garden. Match the three sections of the graph above with the description of the snail's motion during that time period.

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not moving / speed = 0

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travelling at a constant speed

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speeding up

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How fast was the snail moving from 6-9 minutes? Include units in your answer!

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Let's make sure we all understand the science vocab for these graphs. As you watch the video below, pause to match each description with the definition: Speed, Velocity or Acceleration?

  • The rate at which an object changes position, or distance / time.

  • Examples: 70mph, 5m/sec

  • Speed plus direction

  • Examples: 30mph north, 9m/sec down

  • The rate at which velocity changes

  • Often measured in m/s2

  • Examples: speeding up, slowing down or turning right

  • Speed

  • Velocity

  • Acceleration

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Calculate. A bowling ball moves 18 meters every 2 seconds down the lane at a bowling alley. What is the speed?

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Draw a graph that tells this story:

A gazelle walks towards the river at a steady velocity 1m/second for 10 seconds. She stops to drink for 5 seconds, then sees an alligator. She turns around and accelerates, covering 10 meters in 5 seconds. (The graph shows the gazelle's starting position. Please add axis labels, units and a line to show her motion.)

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The four graphs show distance over time. Match: what car motion would create each graph?

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Parked, still

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Driving forward at a steady pace

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Accelerating

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Decelerating

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Driving backwards

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An object can have velocity without acceleration.

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Opinion: is it ever okay to drive at a velocity higher than the posted speed limit?

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Put it all together. Here is a made-up time v. distance graph. The blue line shows one traveler and the red line a second. Explain what is taking place with as much detail as you can. Include the words "speed" "velocity" and "acceleration" in your story.

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This Porsch can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 2.2 seconds.

Meanwhile, this Nissan SUV takes over 10 seconds.

When we build a car for this unit, a goal will be to design a car that can move far and fast. Next week, we'll be talking about what that might involve. Below, guess three different reasons a car might be able to accelerate faster.

Submit! Here are choices when you are done:

- Play the stickman game some more.

- This challenging game is similar but involves designing ramps for a rolling ball.

- Go to Canvas "Done Do's" (from the bottom of the homepage) and choose an activity.

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Pushing on the gas peddle causes: (choose all that are correct)

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10.

Your car's speedometer says "25mph." What "point of reference" is being used?