Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Tasa De Variacion De Una Funcion
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.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Average Speed
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Analysis: Instantaneous Rates of Change
[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,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Average Speed
Given diagrams, data, or scenarios, students will calculate average speed using distance and time measurements.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Average Kinetic Energy and Rms Speed Problem
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.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Approximate Speed in Traffic Challenge
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
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Motion
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Speed
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Outlines how to calculate the speed of a moving object.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Average Speed From Graphs
Practice finding average velocity or average speed from a position vs. time graph.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Speed: Lesson 2
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...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Gasoline Tanks
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...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Average vs.instantaneous Speed
This is an animation illustrating the distinction between the average speed and the instantaneous speed for any given motion.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 Dimensional Kinematics
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.
Oswego City School District
Oswego City School District: Speed and Velocity
This animated tutorial illustrates distance and displacement to define speed and velocity.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Average Rates of Change
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...