motion unit lesson 6
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Motion Unit Lesson 6. Monday, December 12, 2011. Today’s Warm-up Tape the following into your journal Complete “Moving Along II”. Moving Along II. Science Standard. S8P3. Students will investigate relationship between force, mass, and the motion of objects. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MOTION UNIT LESSON 6Monday, December 12, 2011
Today’s Warm-up
1) Tape the following into your journal2) Complete “Moving Along II”
Classify the following as constant velocity or acceleration
1. An ant carries a grape along covering two centimeters every second.
2. The subway train glides to a stop at the metro station.
3. Peter is riding his bike down the road . He makes a right turn into the movie theatre.
4. An apple is sitting on the table.
5. A squirrel is climbing a tree at a speed of 1 m/s. She spies a bunch of acorns hidden in a tree and she sprints at a rate 2.5 m’s to get them.
Moving Along II
Science StandardS8P3. Students will investigate relationship between force, mass, and the motion of objects.
a. Determine the relationship between velocity and acceleration.
Today’s Essential Question
How is the motion on a distance-time graph
correlate with the same motion shown a speed-time
graph?
Daily Goals1. Demonstrate knowledge of velocity and
distance-time graphs.2. Interpret a speed vs. time graph to determine
if object demonstrates constant speed, positive acceleration, or negative acceleration.
3. Compare the speed of a ball rolling down a ramp to the speed of the tumble buggy car.
Let’s compare the motion of a tumble buggy to the motion of a ball rolling down a hill.
This will be a whole class experiment. Each team must complete their measurement twice. Average the time and report it to teams #7 and 8
Team #1 – Measures the time it takes for a tumble buggy to go from 0 to 1 meter mark.
Team #2 -- Measures the time it takes for a tumble buggy to go from 1 to 2 meter mark.
Team #3 -- Measures the time it takes for a tumble buggy to go from 2 to 3 meter mark.
Toy Race Lab
Let’s compare the motion of a tumble buggy to the motion of a ball rolling down a hill.
This will be a whole class experiment. Each team must complete their measurement twice. Average the time and report it to teams #7 and 8
Team #4 – Measures the time it takes for a ball rolling down a ramp to go from 0 to 1 meter mark.
Team #5 -- Measures the time it takes for a ball rolling down a ramp to go from 1 to 2 meter mark.
Team #6 -- Measures the time it takes for a ball rolling down a ramp to go from 2 to 3 meter mark.
Toy Race Lab
Let’s compare the motion of a tumble buggy to the motion of a ball rolling down a hill.
This will be a whole class experiment. Each team must complete their measurement twice. Average the time and report it to teams #7 and 8
Team #7 – Compute the speed of the tumble buggy on each leg. Graph the results
Team #8 -- Compute the speed of the tumble buggy on each leg. Graph the results
Toy Race Lab
Toy Race Lab Data
d T. Bug
Ball
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Time (seconds)
Dis
tanc
e (m
eter
s)
Observations:
Conclusion:
On a distance-time graph, there are two types of graphs.
1.A straight line – represents constant velocity2.A curved line – represents changing velocity
OR accelerationa.Curves upward (getting steeper) – object is
speeding upb.Curves downward (getting flatter) -- object is
slowing down
Constant speed is shown by straight lines on a distance time graph.
A curved line – represents changing velocity OR acceleration
a) Curves upward (getting steeper) – object is speeding up
b) Curves downward (getting flatter) -- object is slowing down
1.A straight horizontal line on a speed-time graph means that speed is constant. A straight line does not mean that the object is not moving!
2.A straight line sloping upward means the velocity is increasing… the object is traveling faster and faster.
3.A straight line sloping downward means the velocity is decreasing … the object is traveling slower and slower.
On a speed-time graph, you will only see straight lines.