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Curated OER

Displacement vs. Distance Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
Displacement is a foundational concept for physics pupils. If they are having trouble discerning it from distance, this activity can help clear things up. The first page is essentially a piece of graph paper. It has a compass rose and a...
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Interactive
Physics Classroom

Distance vs. Displacement

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Home is where your displacement is zero. Scholars practice solving distance versus displacement problems of increasing difficulty. They begin with two stage motion and, by the wizard level, each problem has four stage motion to consider....
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Position and Displacement Simulation

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How can we use vectors to determine a person's position when traveling? The simulation offers guided practice at determining the coordinates and the distance between coordinates on a map grid. It reinforces the importance of positive...
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Center for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching

Vectors

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Investigate vectors and learn how to use them. Explore why size and direction, as well as knowing speed and distance, are important components of the vector problems you are trying to solve. This is an extensive lesson which includes six...
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Curated OER

Unit VII: Energy: Worksheet 2 Hooke's Law

For Students 9th - 12th
Physic starters spring into energy with a problem-solving learning exercise. They work with graphs, apply Hooke's law, draw force diagrams, and solve for distance, force, or mass in spring systems. There are seven problems in all.
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PPT
Curated OER

Motion and Force

For Teachers 9th
All the main concepts in motion and force are covered in this presentation.  Each slide is a great summary and will appeal to your students with a clean design and images that should seem relevant.  Definitions of speed, displacement,...
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Curated OER

Total Distance Versus Displacement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the total distance and displacement while examining traveling distances. They determine the displacement and total distance traveled in a variety of different problems. The lesson plan includes examples that can be...
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Curated OER

Distance Problems

For Students 11th - 12th
In this distance worksheet, students determine the distance and displacement of a person who walked 40 m east and 100 m south. Then they determine the resultant velocity of a motorboat that heads due west at 10 m/s with a river current...
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Physics Classroom

As the Crow Flies Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A simple, yet memorable, way of practicing with displacement vectors is described here. Divide your class into groups and assign each a different landmark on campus. They measure smaller legs of the path from the classroom to their...
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Urbana School District

Physics Intro, Kinematics, Graphing

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Some consider physics the branch of science concerned with using long and complicated formulas to describe how a ball rolls. This presentation, while long, is not complicated, yet it covers rolling, falling, and more. It compares vectors...
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Teach Engineering

Magical Motion

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Make solutions to projectile motion problems magically appear using equations. Pupils watch a clip from a Harry Potter movie and find the length of time it takes for a remembrall to fall into Harry's hands. They use a projectile motion...
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University of Colorado

Can Photosynthesis Occur at Saturn?

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In the 19th activity of 22, learners determine if distance from a light source affects photosynthesis. Participants capture oxygen in straws and find that the amount of water the gas displaces is proportional to the rate of photosynthesis.
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Curated OER

Total Distance versus Displacement

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders differentiate between total distance and displacement. In this calculus instructional activity, 12th graders rewrite word problems using calculus terminology and solve for distance in miles per hour. They analyze and...
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Curated OER

Regents High School Examination - Physics 2010

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Give every type of learner in your physics class an opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned throughout the year. From analyzing tables and graphs, to evaluating diagrams and solving problems, there is an outstanding variety of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Distance, Velocity, and Acceleration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the measurement of distance, velocity, and acceleration with the use of derivatives. They follow examples given in the instructional activity to compute the...
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PPT
Curated OER

Interpreting Position vs. Time Graphs (Still Pretty Basic Stuff)

For Teachers 8th - 12th
This is an interactive physics slide show that quizzes viewers about position versus time. It is set up as a series of 10 questions to answer: a graph with a questions slide followed by an answer slide. This is terrific practice in graph...
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Interactive
Physics Classroom

Position-Time Graphs

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Three sections review the key skills covered in a series on dimensional kinematics. The first covers the difference between distance and displacement. The second addresses the relationship between velocity and slope. The third includes...
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Bowels Physics

Methods of Motion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How could you earn a $6,000,000 speeding ticket? This presentation uses an analogy that relates speed in the universe to the cost of a speeding ticket. Scholars ultimately understand that motion is relative. Also covered is the concept...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Motion Basics

For Students 6th - 8th
Quiz those kids to assess what they've gleaned from your last lesson on Newton's laws of motion. There are 10 questions that have learners define force, acceleration, velocity, and speed. A bonus question has them write a motion story...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Applying the Pythagorean Theorem to find Distances Between Cities

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars solve problems using the Pythagorean Theorem. In this geometry instructional activity, students identify the Pythagorean Triple and use it to solve real life problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Study of Projectile Motion using Straw Rockets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and launch their own rockets.  In this experimental instructional activity students launch their own rockets and record the various angles and distance that they go.  Each student has time to redesign their rocket and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Velocity and Acceleration

For Students 11th - 12th
In this velocity and acceleration worksheet, students determine the distance walked and the displacement of a person who walks 15 m west and 20 m east. Then they determine the resultant velocity of a bicyclist who rides 10 km/h west and...
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Curated OER

Motion

For Students 8th - 12th
For this motion worksheet, students will read 8 statements about displacement and velocity and determine if the statement is true or false. Then students will fill in the blank for 8 statements on motion. Finally, students will compare...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Numerical Analysis: Introduction to Root Finding

For Students Higher Ed
In this introduction to root finding worksheet, students write equations to solve distance problems. They explore the bisection method of Bolzano. This four-page worksheet contains approximately ten problems.

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