In this activity students will collect and analyze data of their walking speed. They will compare their speed to an outside speed walker. They will determine their speed every 20 meters up to 100 meters. They will complete five trials to...

[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.

How to calculate average velocity and speed in one-dimension in word problems.

In this section of the textbook learn how to define and calculate flow rate. Also learn the differences and similarities between flow rate and fluid velocity. Section also relates flow rate to processes in the body like calculating flow...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore instantaneous velocity and how to calculate it. They also learn how interpret and create position vs time graphs.

[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.

Students are introduced to the calculator as a graphing tool and distinguish between average speed and instantaneous speed.

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."

This lesson will explain what speed is, including the difference between average speed and instantaneous speed, showing how to calculate both. It will also show the common units used to represent speed. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled...

This lesson focuses on motion including definitions, how to calculate the change in velocity and the average acceleration, and a link to an assessment.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Outlines how to calculate the speed of a moving object.

This lesson will introduce the concept of velocity, explaining what it is, how it is calculated, and common units used to represent it. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Velocity."

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The following online tutorial helps students use Dalton's Law and mole fraction to calculate the partial pressure of a gas in a mixture. They will learn to calculate...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate and analyze characteristics of waves, including velocity, and calculate the relationship between wave speed, frequency, and wavelength.

Using these rate of speed problems practice figuring out either the distance, time or speed. Read the interactive quiz rules and then click on the "Begin" ticket. If you answer incorrectly you get one more chance to try again then you...

By the end of this section, you will be able to express the ideal gas law in terms of molecular mass and velocity; define thermal energy; calculate the kinetic energy of a gas molecule, given its temperature; describe the relationship...

Practice calculating average velocity and speed from word problems when an object moves in one direction.

Practice calculating average velocity and speed from word problems when an object changes directions.

This lesson focuses on how to calculate average speed and distance traveled. It also explains how to convert different units of measure and provides a link to an assessment.

Students are introduced to the concept of projectile motion, of which they are often familiar from life experiences,such as playing sports such as basketball or baseball, even though they may not understand the physics involved. Students...

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.

Students must calculate the speed of a hockey puck based on the graph of force vs. time for the impact between the stick and the puck.

Students must calculate the speed of a hockey puck based on the graph of force vs. time for the impact between the stick and the puck.

Practice calculating change in momentum and speed from force vs. time graphs using this four-question quiz.