Position, Motion and Speed Understanding
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Objects Change Position
Examine the next few pictures and suggest terms that represent position
Image Citation
Image Citation
Map Quest can give exact locations
How have science and engineering improved our
view on position?
Link to article about history of GPS
Google Earth View
Reference Point
Often we describe position based on one location compared to another
How would you describe the
location of South Belt
Wal-Mart using reference points?
Create a graphic organizer to
compare each type of position
Absolute Position Relative Position
Define
Example
Motion is a change in position
Brainstorm several additional
examples of motion
Relative Motion
Motion based on the observer
How would motion compare if you were on the moving train looking out the window or standing on the platform looking into the window? Who appears
to be in motion?
Video Clip
Speed measures how fast position Changes
How would you explain speed to a young child?
Calculating Speed
Unit for Speed
Bullet traveling 201.2 meters per second (m/s)
Average vs. Instantaneous Speed
How would you determine the instantaneous speed of this cyclist?
How would you determine the average speed?
What is the average speed?
How can you use the graph
to describe speed?
What does the slope of the line tell you
about speed?