Distance vs. Displacement

2 Distance vs. Displacement

and Speed vs. velocity

Guiding Question

How do we describe an object's position and motion?

Learning Targets

●I can measure distance and time.

●I can calculate speed.

●I can read distance vs. time graphs and determine speed from them.

●I can read speed vs. time graphs and determine acceleration from them.

Warm-Up

Students should practice making metric conversions of distance as well as speed
and time.

Y = ax + b graph practice with a slope and y-intercept

Contents

Slide-Vector notes

Interpreting Motion Graphs - Motion Graph Analysis Worksheet

Anchoring Phenomenon - Sketch a graph of the motion fo the feather and the
hammer falling on Earth. (best guess)

Motion Graph Practice - Worksheet