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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Speed and Velocity

For Students K - 1st
What is speed? What is velocity? Illustrated discussion of speed and velocity including how they are measured.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Motion: Speed of Automobiles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, learners will determine the speed of a moving vehicle using a stopwatch and meter stick, then convert the measurement from meters/sec to miles/hr. After completing this activity, students should understand average...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Position Time Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand how to evaluate data presented in graphs based on speed and velocity calculations.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Velocity 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using mathematic equations for speed and velocity students will breakdown one dimensional motion.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practice W/ Average Velocity & Constant Acceleration: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on calculating the average velocity of an object undergoing constant acceleration. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Practice w/ Average Velocity & Constant Acceleration."
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Tasa De Variacion De Una Funcion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. In this interactive activity you will learn and understand the concept of average and instantaneous speed and calculate the average and instantaneous variation of some functions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Instantaneous Rates of Change

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students learn the difference between average rate of change and instantaneous rate of change. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice,...
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Average Velocity and Speed

For Students 9th - 10th
Gain an understanding of average velocity and speed with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition and examples that enhance further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Instantaneous Velocity and Speed From Graphs Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the key terms and skills related to analyzing motion graphs, such as finding velocity from position vs. time graphs and displacement from velocity vs. time graphs.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on motion including definitions, how to calculate the change in velocity and the average acceleration, and a link to an assessment.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Velocity

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Difference between velocity and speed, using vector arrows to represent velocity, objects that have different velocities and how to calculate average velocity.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Velocity?

For Students 9th - 10th
Velocity or speed? Instantaneous or average? Keep building your physics vocabulary.
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Other

Easyphysics: Chapter 2 Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners investigate velocity. Some topics examined are average velocity, distance, and displacement. The resource includes example problems with solutions, interactive graphs, and a chapter quiz.
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Reaction Rates

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Chem4Kids.com site explores the rate of reactions. Content focuses on forces that change the speed of reactions, and measuring rates.
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Middle School Science

Middle School Science: Motion Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Personal site in which a teacher outlines a unit on motion. Probes through topics such as average speed, velocity, acceleration, speed, deceleration, force and more.
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Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Get Going With Rate

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the concepts of rate, distance, and speed in this interactive lesson. Discover how to use formulas to solve word problems and calculate salaries. A concise lesson with excellent examples, connections to real world experiences,...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics: Motion Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This study guide on motion covers some key vocabulary and terms to describe motion: displacement vs. distance, acceleration, speed vs. velocity, and instantaneous vs. average. It includes graphs showing distance vs. time, velocity vs....
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: N q.a.3: Bus and Car

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This task it is an exploration of the relationship between speed, distance, and time. An understanding average speed gives an opportunity to address common confusion between average speed and the average of the speeds for the two...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Falling Down Adventure 5

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the CBR 2 to study how a change in mass affects the average speed of a falling object. They graph distance as a function of time, and interpret and analyze graphs representing motion.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Dump Tower Level 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find the time it has been falling and the average speed it has been falling between to stories of a garish tower.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Measuring Velocity of Objects Using Video Clips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students learn to analyze video clips and extract data about the velocity of moving objects, reinforcing the concept of average velocity. After mastering the technique of using videos to measure velocity, students can...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Discovering Velocity Outside of the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A physics lab activity where students gather data from classmates running at different rates on a football field. They then share their gathered data and transfer it to a graphing program to ultimately calculate average velocity.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Temperature and Kinetic Energy Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
This program asks students to determine the average KE of a gas molecule in a sample and then find the temperature of the particles that make up the sample based on the rms speed of the particles.
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Earth Life

Earth Life: Locomotion of Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
Good site for some general information on the movement of mammals. Gives a description and gives the average speed of a variety of animals.

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