You will discover and learn to expand your knowledge of motion to include the concept of acceleration. Study acceleration using simulations; then use graphing tools to analyze your data.
After completing this tutorial, you will be able to complete the following:
What is instantaneous velocity?
~ Instantaneous velocity is the velocity of a moving object at any given instant.
How can an object's instantaneous velocity be found?
~ An object's instantaneous velocity can be found through the use of a position-versus-time graph. The tangent to this graph at any point in time will indicate the object's instantaneous velocity at that instant.
What is acceleration?
~ Acceleration is the rate of change in velocity.
What can we say about the direction of the acceleration and the velocity when an object begins to decelerate?
~ When an object begins to decelerate, the acceleration and velocity are in opposite directions.
|Approximate Time||2 Minutes|
|Pre-requisite Concepts||Students should have a general understanding of the following terms: acceleration, average velocity, and deceleration.|
|Type of Tutorial||Animation|
|Key Vocabulary||acceleration, average velocity, deceleration|