springboard physics

This is the powerpoint that supports and precedes the constant velocity car lab for physics or algebra to introduce linear graphs and interpret their meanings. Note: You'll need an object that travels at constant velocity in order to complete the corresponding lab. A battery powered toy car works well for this lab.

Powerpoint presentation for graphs representing linear motion. Various graphs of both linear and accelerated motion are included.

Constant velocity car lab pre-lab, summary, and teacher guide. Discussion and reflection questions are also included on the last page.

This worksheet provides quite the comprehensive analysis of position-time graphs. There are 16 specific questions covering distance, displacement, speed, and velocity referencing for four different x-t graphs. This also serves as a great study guide for the linear motion unit.

This is the other version of the worksheet that I use after a linear motion activity to reinforce the concepts of constant velocity produces a graph that has a steady slope, slope of a graph shows the speed, and the y-intercept shows where an object began moving with respect to a reference point (starting line). The worksheet has two x-t graphs, each of which has two linear curves representing two different objects. There are five questions associated with each graph.

On this worksheet (or quiz) the student is asked to interpret a short story about a student going from their house to the bus stop. It incorporates changes in speed and direction. The speed of the student is constant when in motion so knowledge of accelerated motion is not required. The student has to decide on the relative slope of line segments and where to plot certain points on the provided x-t graph to maintain consistency with the story.