Motion and Speed Assignment

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Motion and Speed Assignment
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Motion (Page 272)

• What is motion
• Describe one example of an object in motion

Provide a picture of an object in motion and
describe how you know the is in motion.
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Speed(272)

• What is speed.
• What is the SI unit for distance
• What is the SI unit for Time
• What is the formula for speed

Use Buttons to make the speed formula
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Click Me

• Explain why displacement was zero and distance
  was 30 M

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Graphing Position Vs. Time(Speed)
Scroll down to the bottom until you see this
Create a graph of an object that has a positive
velocity (speed) SCREENSHOT IT
Apple-shift- 4
Create a graph of an object that has a negative
velocity (speed) SCREENSHOT IT
Create a graph of an object that has zero
velocity (speed) SCREENSHOT IT
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Graphing Speed ( 8 pts)

• Position vs. Time Graph
• What expression is on the y axis
• What expression is on the x axis
• What the does the graph look like for a car
  moving at a constant speed
• Put a screenshot of the graph if you can

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Moving Man Graph Game

• Go to the following website address
• http//phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim
  The_Moving_Man
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• 2) Click the green Run Now! Box. It may take a
  while for it to load. It may also ask you to
  update or install the latest version of Java. Go
  ahead and do this if you know how otherwise ask
  your teacher for help.
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• 3) Once it loads, use the mouse to slowly drag
  the man to the right as smoothly as you can until
  he reaches the wall. Then stop for a few
  seconds. Next, quickly drag him to the left all
  the way to the other wall as smoothly as
  possible. Stop there for a few seconds. Finally
  drag him slowly back to the center as smoothly as
  possible. Stop there and then click on one of
  the little STOP icons.
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• 4) You can repeat this a few times until you get
  the graphs as smooth as possible. Use one of the
  CLEAR icons to erase the graphs and re-center the
  man.

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(5)Graph screenshots

• Once you have a set of graphs that are as smooth
  as you think you can get them, screenshot each of
  following types position vs time,

Position Vs. time
1. Pull the man all the way to the left 2. Drag
the man to right as fast as you can 3. when you
get half way stop him 4. Take a screenshot of
the position vs. time graph Questions What did
the graph do when you were going right What did
the graph do when you were going left What did
the graph do when you werent moving
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Speed and Acceleration Practice

• Complete 2 of the games and screenshot your
  final score
• Remember
• Speed Distance/time
• Speed Math Problemshttp//www.quia.com/pop/388343
  .html  Edit Assign Stats    
• Speed Problem Millionairehttp//www.quia.com/rr/5
  69483.html  Edit Assign Stats