How can the motion of a body be described quantitatively and qualitatively?
How can the position of a body in space and time be predicted?
How can the analysis of motion in one and two dimensions be used to solve real-life problems?
How does the motion of a mass in a gravitational field compare to the motion of a charged particle in an electric field?
How are the equations for rotational motion related to those for linear motion?
When can certain types of problems on projectile motion be solved by applying conservation of energy instead of kinematic equations?
How effectively do the equations of motion model Newton’s laws of dynamics?
How does a gravitational force allow for orbital motion?
How does the motion of an object change within a gravitational field?
How does graphical analysis allow for the determination of other physical quantities? (NOS)
that the motion of bodies through space and time can be described and analysed in terms of position, velocity, and acceleration
velocity is the rate of change of position, and acceleration is the rate of change of velocity
the change in position is the displacement
the difference between distance and displacement
the difference between instantaneous and average values of velocity, speed and acceleration, and how to determine them
the equations of motion for solving problems with uniformly accelerated motion
motion with uniform and non-uniform acceleration
the behaviour of projectiles in the absence of fluid resistance, and the application of the equations of motion resolved into vertical and horizontal components
the qualitative effect of fluid resistance on projectiles, including time of flight, trajectory, velocity, acceleration, range and terminal speed.
Simulations:
Files and links to support your learning for kinematics:
Presentation - vectors and scalars
Resource - SUVAT extra practice
Simulation - Phet projectile motion
