Unit 2 Lesson 21 Practice

Unit 2 Lesson 21

Open Ended

What information does a position vs time graph provide?

Your Task: Organize the data presented in the scenario in a position vs time table. 

Scenario: A basketball player leaves the gymnasium and walks to his locker, which is 25 meters east. It takes 15 seconds for the basketball player to reach his locker. He spends 10 seconds at his locker and then turns around and walks 10 meters west towards the gym in 5 seconds. He then realizes that he left something in his locker and turns around walks 10 meters east towards his locker in 5 seconds. Finally, he walks 25 meters west towards the gymnasium in 10 seconds. 

Draw

​Scenario: A basketball player leaves the gymnasium and walks to his locker, which is 25 meters east. It takes 15 seconds for the basketball player to reach his locker. He spends 10 seconds at his locker and then turns around and walks 10 meters west towards the gym in 5 seconds. He then realizes that he left something in his locker and turns around walks 10 meters east towards his locker in 5 seconds. Finally, he walks 25 meters west towards the gymnasium in 10 seconds. 

Draw

1. Create a position vs. time graph for the scenario above. Be sure to include all criteria for a well-organized, reliable graph. 

Draw

Create a position vs. time graph for the scenario below. Be sure to include all criteria for a well-organized, reliable graph.

Scenario: A student leaves her house and walks to her car, which is 15 meters to the right. It takes her 10 seconds to reach her car. She pauses at her car for 20 seconds while she grabs her backpack out of the back seat. She then walks 40 meters to the left to her neighbor’s house in 50 seconds.

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Draw

Directions: Create a position vs. time graph for the scenario below. Be sure to write a title for the graph and correctly label and scale each axis.

A student leaves class and walks to her locker, which is 25 meters to the right. It takes her 17 seconds to reach her locker. She pauses at her locker for 30 seconds while she grabs her books. She then walks 50 meters to the left to her next class in 53 seconds.