Lesson 5.05 Displacement-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs

• Introduction
• Learn
• Try It
• Task

Introduction

So, now that you spent the last lesson reviewing graphing and variables, you are ready to apply what you have learned about graphs to motion! Remember, graphs are a great way to display information in order to show the relationship between variables. The variables in this lesson involve motion and include:

• displacement the change in position of an object
• velocity the speed and direction of an object
• time measured in seconds

The main graph we will be using is a line graph with time on the x-axis and one of the other variables on the x-axis, similar to the graph shown here.

Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to... Identify, describe, and interpret displacement-time graphs and velocity-time graphs Enduring Understandings Newton's second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Physical Science standards: 7. This lesson incorporates the following Literacy Standards: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R10, W1, W2, W3, W4, W9, and W10.