Tuesday September 22, 2009

Topic: Motion Diagrams and Graphs

Objective: I will accurately draw motion diagrams and write a verbal description from graph data.

Science Starter: (next slide)

• The above graph represents a person’s round trip walk to a store starting from home. Choose the sentence that best describes the trip.

A) The person walked uphill, then on a flat surface, then downhill.

B) The person walked uphill to the store, stopped, then walked downhill to get home.

C)The person walked toward the store, stopped, then walked back home. 

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Science Starter extension: Draw a motion diagram from the graph.

Draw the template as it appears below into your notebook. (xt graph) Complete the work.

Written description:

Motion Diagram:

Written description:

Motion Diagram:

Written description:

Motion Diagram: