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Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Tasa De Variacion De Una Funcion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. In this interactive activity you will learn and understand the concept of average and instantaneous speed and calculate the average and instantaneous variation of some functions.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Average Speed

For Students 9th - 10th
Speed is a type of rate. Have you ever been asked to define the term speed? If so, you would probably answer, "how fast an object is moving." More specifically, speed is the distance an object travels in a given amount of time. This...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Instantaneous Rates of Change

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students learn the difference between average rate of change and instantaneous rate of change. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice,...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Average Speed

For Students 5th - 8th
Given diagrams, data, or scenarios, students will calculate average speed using distance and time measurements.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Average Kinetic Energy and Rms Speed Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
This program asks students to determine the average KE of a gas molecule in a sample and then find the rms speed of the particles that make up the sample.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Approximate Speed in Traffic Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
This game is designed to help students use mental math to find the average speed of traffic. A video which helps explain the program is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZV-RmyPc90&feature=youtu.be
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on how to calculate average speed and distance traveled. It also explains how to convert different units of measure and provides a link to an assessment.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Speed

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Outlines how to calculate the speed of a moving object.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Average Speed From Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice finding average velocity or average speed from a position vs. time graph.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Speed: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain what speed is, including the difference between average speed and instantaneous speed, showing how to calculate both. It will also show the common units used to represent speed. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Gasoline Tanks

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Inquiring minds want to know, how far can you go on a tank of gas? See if you can figure out this math challenge that explores rate, distance, and time. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series. Application...
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Website
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Average vs.instantaneous Speed

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an animation illustrating the distinction between the average speed and the instantaneous speed for any given motion.
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Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 Dimensional Kinematics

For Students 6th - 8th
An activity in which average speed is calculated for a ball sliding along an inclined plane. This speed is compared to various instantaneous speeds along the incline.
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Handout
Oswego City School District

Oswego City School District: Speed and Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
This animated tutorial illustrates distance and displacement to define speed and velocity.
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Study Guide
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Average Rates of Change

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This document looks at look at the difference between averages and instantaneous rates of change. Formulas are provided for average speed, instantaneous speed, the slope of a secant line, the slope of a tangent, and the slope of a curve...