Kinematics

Introduction to Motion

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Before Class Preparation:

In Class Activity:

  • Concept Attainment: Motion Diagrams
  • Buggy/Pull Back Car Activity (p1 of handout)
    • Describe the difference between uniform & non-uniform motions
  • Graphing exercise (Take up next class)
  • Explain how you would predict the position of the object, 1.0 s after your last measurement

After Class Work:

  • Edpuzzle: Position-Time Graphs

Quiz – Projectiles

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Before Class Preparation:

  • Finish projectiles self quizzes & CK12s
  • Get familiar with this equation solver

In Class Quiz:

  • Pre-quiz discussion: 15 minutes
  • Individual Quiz: 30 minutes
  • Use G.R.A.S.P. whenever possible
  • g=9.8 m/s/s
  • Draw pictures of scenarios!
  • Round all final answers to 3 sig figs.

Can you:

  • Deduce the path of a projectile
  • Solve for horizontal & vertical components of a projectile
  • Calculate (5) different quantities of projectile motion such as height, maximum height, range, time of flight

After quiz:

Position-Time Graphs

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Before Class Preparation:

  • Complete page 2 of Intro to Motion from previous day’s class
  • Read “A1 – Interpreting Position Graphs” Section of this worksheet
    • Print if necessary

In Class Practice:

  • Take up homework from Intro to motion
  • Using motion detector to investigate motion graphs
  • Graph matching exercise using Labquest
    • analyse and interpret position–time graphs of motion in one dimension

After Class Work:

  • Edpuzzle: Can You Perceive Acceleration?
  • CK12: Position vs Time Graphs