Access Prior Knowledge Lesson 1: How can you describe motion?

Opening ActivityOpen Science textbook to page 406.Open Science folder to review vocabulary words and outline for the chapter.Open Science journal and answer the following questions:  1- When you put an alka-sletzer in water a chemical reaction takes place,  how  do you know it is happening?Review Content Cards and Q-Cards in bin, sharing with partners quizzing each other quietly.Log in to clickers using student ID number.Be ready to review home learning when timer goes off.

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Do you agree with the statement?

Parts of your body are always in motion.

YES NO

Do you agree with the statement?

Motion is measured by an object’s relationship to a frame of reference.

YES NO

Do you agree with the statement?

The average speed of an object is measured by dividing time by distance.

YES NO

Do you agree with the statement?

If you know the direction an object is moving in, you know its velocity.

YES NO

Pendulum

Distance Time in Sec.

30cm.

60cm.

*Use with Direct Inquiry page 404

Types of Motion

Motion is movement, and different kinds of motion happens at different rates.

Constant Motion Circular Motion Periodic Motion

Variable Motion Vibrational Motion

Speed & Velocity

Average speed is how far an object moves in a given amount of time.

Average Speed = Distance / Time

Motion is always measured in relation to some location called point of reference.

Velocity describes the speed and direction of an object.

BRAIN POP: Forces

TextQuest

Answer in your Science Journal

1. Give an example of constant motion.

2. Give an example of variable motion.

3. A pendulum is an example of what kind of motion?

4. If a car travels 100 miles in 2 hours, what is its velocity?

Don't forget to write your home learning in your agenda page 130A.