Assignments:
- Due Thurs. 9/13: Motion Packet pp. 7-11 (Show your GUESSework! in the spaces provided!)
Learning Goals: To be successful in this unit, you should be able to...
...understand and distinguish between the terms distance, displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration.
...describe motion in words.
...describe motion using distance-time and velocity-time graphs.
...describe motion in mathematical terms.
Today: Ticker Tape Parade
- Given: Ticker tape timer, ticker tape, carbon disc, inertia car (optional), boards for ramp (optional), tennis or basketball
- Part I: Use a ticker tape timer to diagram various types of motion (how many types can you think of?). Pull the tape with their hand, or attach to an inertia cart.
- Part II: Do objects fall with a constant velocity or do they accelerate? Use the ticker tape to defend/explain your answer.