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Book Chapter | May 2009
This inquiry activity should be completed before discussing with students that a projectile’s motion in the vertical direction is independent of its motion in the horizontal direction. As long as students use their…
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Book Chapter | May 2009
This lab is an inquiry activity in that students have not been exposed to the idea of terminal velocity, though they are using skills that they already have to analyze the balloon’s motion. The lab is both a review of…
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Book Chapter | June 2017
The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the core idea of forces and motion by having them explore the relationship between acceleration and velocity to determine ”How Does the Direction of Acceleration…
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Quickly Teaching Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration—Part 2
Journal Article | February 2020
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Quickly Teaching Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration—Part 2
Journal Article | March 2019
In the February 2019 issue we looked at teaching speed and velocity. Now we’re ready to tackle acceleration.
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Focus on Physics: Quickly Teaching Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration—Part 1
Journal Article | February 2019
Motion is best learned by keeping it simple—by neglecting the effects of air resistance, as well as the effects of buoyancy, spin, and the shape of moving objects.
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Collection | February 2016
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Collection | February 2017
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Collection | February 2017
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Velocity, Mass, and Acceleration
Collection | February 2015
To provide a lesson on the velocity, the mass, and the acceleration of an object in relation to automobiles and driving safety.
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Collection | February 2017
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Motion: speed, velocity, acceleration
Collection | February 2015
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Motion:speed, velocity, and acceleration
Collection | February 2015
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Motion: speed, velocity, acceleration
Collection | September 2015
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Motion: Speed, Velocity, Acceleration
Collection | November 2015