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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on motion including definitions, how to calculate the change in velocity and the average acceleration, and a link to an assessment.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Graphing 1 D Kinematic Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this demonstration students are given a position, velocity, or acceleration graph showing the motion of an object. They describe the motion, and then make predictions by completing the remaining two graphs. Using a motion detector and...
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Analyzing the Motion of a Marble Down a Ramp

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab activity involves rolling a marble down a ramp where the students can investigate constant acceleration motion. The students then make a position vs. time graph and a velocity vs. time graph in order to investigate the change in...
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Meaning of Slope for a v T Graph

For Students 9th - 10th
In this part of a physics lesson, examine how the actual slope value of any straight line on a velocity-time graph is the acceleration of the object.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Motion Graph Matching

For Students 9th - 10th
You will be given a velocity vs. time graph for the motion of a car. Your job is to match the graph with your car by pushing on the gas or brake or coasting at the appropriate moments. Before you start the matching game, you must set the...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Motion: Investigating Motion Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students investigate motion graphs. Students predict what the distance-time graph and velocity time graph would look like for a student walking across the room for three different scenarios.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Changes in Motion

For Students 6th - 9th
In this lesson, you will learn about position vs. time graphs and velocity vs. time graphs and how to use them to solve problems.
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Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Classroom Activities: Parachuting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity explores a parachutist and her position, velocity and acceleration. Graphing and calculating these functions will be required.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: High School Toss Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will determine maximum height obtained by an object tossed upward off the roof of a high school. They will also find the total time aloft and the speed with which the object will impact the ground. The acceleration due to...
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Atwood Machine Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab was designed to have students practice the Atwood lab prior to doing it for real. Students can adjust the masses and the planet and then collect position vs. time data and velocity vs. time data.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Determining the Area on a v T Graph

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive physics tutorial, students learn how a plot of velocity versus time can also be used to determine the displacement of an object.
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Was Galileo Right?

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the effect of gravity on objects of various mass during free fall. Predict what the position-time and velocity-time graphs will look like. Compare graphs for light and heavy objects.
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
A GIF animation comparing the motion of three cars. A graphical depiction is given. Includes three thoughtful questions with answers in a pop-up menu.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Hot Wheelin' With Speed, Acceleration, and Data Graphs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lab, students investigate the motion of toy cars and collect data to analyze the speed of the vehicle between various points and overall speed.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Kinematics: Graphical Analysis of One Dimensional Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe a straight-line graph in terms of its slope and y-intercept, determine average velocity or instantaneous velocity from a graph of position vs. time, determine average or...
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Ladybug Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Join the ladybug in an exploration of rotational motion. Rotate the merry-go-round to change its angle, or choose a constant angular velocity or angular acceleration. Explore how circular motion relates to the bug's x,y position,...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Introduction to Rocket Propulsion

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Linear Momentum and Collisions in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter discusses Newton's third law of motion in the context of rocket and jet engine propulsion. Students learn how to calculate a rocket's...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Kinematics in Two Dimensions: Projectile Motion

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to identify and explain the properties of a projectile, such as acceleration due to gravity, range, maximum height, and trajectory; determine the location and velocity of a projectile at...
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Study Guide
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Free Fall Constants for Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
When you work with equations that show position, velocity, acceleration of objects that are flying or falling through the air, you will be using the constant that is the acceleration due to gravity. View formulas, explanations, and...
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Activity
Middle School Science

Middle School Science: Motion Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Personal site in which a teacher outlines a unit on motion. Probes through topics such as average speed, velocity, acceleration, speed, deceleration, force and more.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics: Motion Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This study guide on motion covers some key vocabulary and terms to describe motion: displacement vs. distance, acceleration, speed vs. velocity, and instantaneous vs. average. It includes graphs showing distance vs. time, velocity vs....
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Cliff Diver

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between position and velocity for a diver accelerating under the influence of gravity and air resistance. Measure velocity and position based on variables of the height of...
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: The Moving Man

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about position, velocity, and acceleration graphs. Move the little man back and forth with the mouse and plot his motion, and then set the position, velocity, or acceleration and let the simulation move the man for you.
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Activity
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: My Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive simulation that teaches about motion, acceleration, and velocity by allowing students to build their own solar system and watch the effects of gravitational pull and how that changes with initial position, velocity, and...

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