Speed, Velocity, Acceleration

Speed, Velocity, Acceleration

A day at the races...

• Watch the video... as you watch... think about would you describe the horses' movement?

Open Ended

How would you describe the horses' motion? Where there any differences to how they ran in different parts of the race?

Notebook Definitions

• Use the definitions here to fill out the definitions in your Week 5 INB

Speed

Multiple Choice

40 miles per hour is an example of

• speed

• acceleration

• velocity

Multiple Choice

Rigby runs 70 feet in 35 seconds. What is his speed? (distance/time)

• 35 m/s

• 2 feet per second

• 70 meters per second

• 2 meters per second

Notebook Definitions

• Use the definitions here to fill out the definitions in your Week 5 INB

Velocity

Multiple Choice

60 meters per second South is an example of

• speed

• acceleration

• velocity

Multiple Choice

Harrison drives north to the store, which is 12 miles away and it takes him 4 minutes to get there. What is his velocity?

• 12 miles

• 3 miles per minute

• 3 miles per minute north

• can't tell from the information

Notebook Definitions

• Use the definitions and notes here to fill out the definitions in p 11 of your notebook

​Definition

​Formula

​Graph

Multiple Choice

Acceleration happens when something

• speeds up

• slows down

• changes direction

• all of the above