Acceleration

In this lesson students will learn to:

  1. Identify changes in motion that produce acceleration.
  2. Describe examples of objects moving with constant acceleration.
  3. Calculate the acceleration of an object, analytically, and graphically.
  4. Interpret velocity-time graph, and explain the meaning of the slope.
  5. Classify acceleration as positive, negative, and zero.
  6. Describe instantaneous acceleration.
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General Information

Subject(s): Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Graphing Calculators, Computer for Presenter, Computers for Students, Probes for Data Collection, Basic Calculators, LCD Projector
Instructional Time: 3 Hour(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: acceleration, free fall, constant acceleration, velocity, graph, vector, speed
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Virtual Manipulative,  Problem-Solving Task,  Text Resource,  Data Set,  Formative Assessment
Resource Collection: CPALMS Lesson Plan Development Initiative

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