Description
Use this set of sample problems (with key) to help your students begin to learn about vectors! Covers all the requisite topics students need for success in the topic of vectors. Designed for alignment with the NYS Regents Physics curriculum and test. Also serves as an excellent resource pack for AP Physics 1/2 and SAT Physics exams. Never created with AI.
Contains 20 questions, covering resultants with both graphical solutions and mathematical solutions, components, distance versus displacement, speed versus velocity and the dreaded "boat problem"!
Designed to be used before tackling in-depth ideas about forces and motion. The concept of equilibrium can be broached without talking about acceleration, and the only motion equation used is "v = d/t"! Help your students to learn the underlying math before teaching them about the nuances of kinematics and dynamics! (They can also be worked into motion curriculum to teach concepts in stages.)
Great as a 'ride along' activity when you introduce the unit to your class. Post it (and the key) in your online classroom after doing it in class to help your students get the basics down early!
Field-tested questions refined over years with over 1,000 students having attempted the majority of questions contained in the problem pack. These questions get maximum results with minimum time for both student and teacher!
Topics Covered:
- Measuring magnitude and direction from scale diagrams
- Constructing resultants using tip-to-tail method
- Constructing resultants using parallelogram method
- Constructing equilibrants
- Using trigonometry to calculate the magnitude of the resultants of perpendicular vectors
- Using trigonometry to calculate the magnitude of the perpendicular components of a vector
- Using compass and x/y-axis angle coordinates to determine direction of vectors
- Graphically determining resultants using a fixed coordinate system
- Mathematically determining resultants of multiple vectors
Notes:
- 'Component sheet' attached for mathematical solutions
- Extra blank sheet of graph paper included
- Metric ruler and protractor required for graphical problems
- Detailed answer key included
- Activity comes in PDF format, ensuring for accurate reprints
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Description
Use this set of sample problems (with key) to help your students begin to learn about vectors! Covers all the requisite topics students need for success in the topic of vectors. Designed for alignment with the NYS Regents Physics curriculum and test. Also serves as an excellent resource pack for AP Physics 1/2 and SAT Physics exams. Never created with AI.
Contains 20 questions, covering resultants with both graphical solutions and mathematical solutions, components, distance versus displacement, speed versus velocity and the dreaded "boat problem"!
Designed to be used before tackling in-depth ideas about forces and motion. The concept of equilibrium can be broached without talking about acceleration, and the only motion equation used is "v = d/t"! Help your students to learn the underlying math before teaching them about the nuances of kinematics and dynamics! (They can also be worked into motion curriculum to teach concepts in stages.)
Great as a 'ride along' activity when you introduce the unit to your class. Post it (and the key) in your online classroom after doing it in class to help your students get the basics down early!
Field-tested questions refined over years with over 1,000 students having attempted the majority of questions contained in the problem pack. These questions get maximum results with minimum time for both student and teacher!
Topics Covered:
- Measuring magnitude and direction from scale diagrams
- Constructing resultants using tip-to-tail method
- Constructing resultants using parallelogram method
- Constructing equilibrants
- Using trigonometry to calculate the magnitude of the resultants of perpendicular vectors
- Using trigonometry to calculate the magnitude of the perpendicular components of a vector
- Using compass and x/y-axis angle coordinates to determine direction of vectors
- Graphically determining resultants using a fixed coordinate system
- Mathematically determining resultants of multiple vectors
Notes:
- 'Component sheet' attached for mathematical solutions
- Extra blank sheet of graph paper included
- Metric ruler and protractor required for graphical problems
- Detailed answer key included
- Activity comes in PDF format, ensuring for accurate reprints
