Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Graphing Motion Lab 2
This lab was designed to generate some data that students can use when learning about two stage graphing motion. Students will track the motion of a dragster as it accelerates and then moves at a constant speed and then they will create...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Graph Predictions for Position, Velocity and Acceleration
Students interactively create predictions of position, velocity, and acceleration graphs using java applets. The applets automatically classify student answers, so instructors can create graphs of student predictions.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Motion: Calculating and Graphing Students Walking Speed
In this activity young scholars 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...
Other
Seafriends Marine Conservation and Education Centre: Oceanography: Waves
A very detailed article on the characteristics of waves and wave behavior. It discusses the influence waves have on the marine environment and the global climate, the physics of wave motion, the interactions between waves and wind, wave...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Displacement During Constant Acceleration
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students solve problems involving displacement, distance, velocity, speed, and acceleration, and then explore problems and graphs involving one-dimensional motion.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simple Harmonic Motion: Find Speed, Velocity, Displace From Graphs
Practice finding speed, velocity, and distance traveled for an oscillator from graphs of simple harmonic motion.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Graphing Motion: Instantaneous and Average Speed
Students are introduced to the calculator as a graphing tool and distinguish between average speed and instantaneous speed.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Graphing Your Motion
In this activity, students use a Motion Detector to measure distance and velocity. Students prepare graphs of motion and analyze them. They compare and match graphs of distance versus time and velocity versus time.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Model Rocket
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between position and velocity for a model rocket during launch and in free-fall. Experiment with rocket mass, rocket thrust, and rocket burn time to understand the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Hot Wheelin' With Speed, Acceleration, and Data Graphs
In this lab, students investigate the motion of toy cars and collect data to analyze the speed of the vehicle between various points and overall speed.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Motion
This lesson focuses on motion including definitions, how to calculate the change in velocity and the average acceleration, and a link to an assessment.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Wave Motion
Two wave graphs depicting a sine wave and relating the various characteristics (wavelength, amplitude, frequency, and period) of a wave to each other. The site includes an interactive JavaScript form in which the visitor enters one...
Other
Calculus Preview
The resource gives students a preview of topics learned in Calculus. Concepts included are graphs, speed, and integration. Graphs, tables, and an interactive applet are used to investigate the examples.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Speed With Direction Changes: Word Problems
Practice calculating average velocity and speed from word problems when an object changes directions.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Classroom Activities: Parachuting
This activity explores a parachutist and her position, velocity and acceleration. Graphing and calculating these functions will be required.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Speed Review
How to calculate average velocity and speed in one-dimension in word problems.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Falling Down Adventure 5
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.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Meaning of Slope for a v T Graph
In this part of a physics lesson, examine how the actual slope value of any straight line on a velocity-time graph is the acceleration of the object.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Are Velocity vs. Time Graphs?
How to analyze graphs that relate velocity and time to acceleration and displacement.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Graphing Motion Problem Level 4
Find out the instantaneous velocity based on a position vs. time graph.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Graphing Motion Problem Level 1
Students are finding the velocities of objects based on the position vs. time graphs they create.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Graphing Motion Problem Level 3
Find the displacement of an object just by looking at the velocity vs. time graph. This graph will have at least one negative region and one positive region.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Graphing Motion Problem Level 1 Part 2
Students are finding the relative velocity between two objects using a position vs. time graph.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Analyzing the Motion of a Marble Down a Ramp
This lab activity involves rolling a marble down a ramp where the students can investigate constant acceleration motion. The students then make a position vs. time graph and a velocity vs. time graph in order to investigate the change in...