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Precise Learning Objective |
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Question / Activity
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Stepping Stones |
Pitstop Check
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The velocity of an object is its speed in a given direction. |
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What is velocity a measure of? |
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If an object moves along a straight line, the distance travelled can be represented by a distance?time graph. |
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How can the distance travelled by an object in a straight line be represented? |
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Velocity is a vector quantity. |
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Is velocity a vector or scalar quantity and why? |
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The speed of an object can be calculated from the gradient of its distance?time graph. |
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How can the speed of an object be calculated from a distance-time graph? |
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Students should be able to explain the vector?scalar distinction as it applies to displacement, distance, velocity and speed. |
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What are the vector - scalar pairs? |
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(HT only) If an object is accelerating, its speed at any particular time can be determined by drawing a tangent and measuring the gradient of the distance?time graph at that time. |
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(HT only) If an object is accelerating, how can the speed at a time be determined from a distance-time graph? Demo:
Use data logger and air track to investigate acceleration |
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HT only) Students should be able to explain qualitatively, with examples, that motion in a circle involves constant speed but changing velocity. |
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(HT only) What is constant and what is changing during circular motion? |
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