Unit 1: Kinematics

Warm Ups

Most of my warm ups are designed to be low floor, high ceiling: open ended enough so that anyone can access them, but have room for multiple interpretations and greater complexity.

Motion Warm Ups

Activities

Cart Graph Matching

Match Position vs. Time Graphs and Velocity vs. Time Graphs with a motion detector and cart

Cart Graph Match

Usain Bolt's 2008 100m Race

Usain Bolt's 2008 100m

World's Greatest Drag Race

After watching video discuss how the GT-R won with one of the slowest top speeds.

Look at 0-60 times for each car.

Discuss what 0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds would look like as a rate.

Two Car Race Simulation & Worksheet

Physics Language Ranking Activity

Nine different "student" description of an object getting faster with constant acceleration.

Physics Languange Ranking Activity

Uniformly Accelerated Motion Equations

Slides with accompanying: 

Uniformly Accelerated Motion Equations

Solving Algebraically

Drills

Solving Algebraically

Proportional Reasoning

Drills

Proportional Reasoning

Save the Dog & The Getaway Part I

1) Save the Dog: Problem w/ Interactive

Solution located in this notebook

2) Lab Activity:

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Save the Dog! & The Getaway

Rings of Fire

Ring of Fire Lab
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Problems

Mr. F and Ms. C Race

Introduction to solving a problem with numbers, then the same problem with variables.


Solution located in this notebook

Mr. F and Ms. C Race

Katie Ledecky's 400 m race


Solution located in this notebook

Swimming Race

Rockets on Velocity Time Graphs


Solution located in this notebook

Velocity Time Practice: Rockets

Driving At Night

Easiest to solve with a velocity-time graph.

Solution

Driving at Night

Mr. F vs. Gazelle

Easiest to solve with a velocity-time graph.

Mr. F vs. Gazelle

Rocket Acceleration-Time Graph

Easiest to solve with a velocity-time graph.

Rocket Acceleration Graph Problem

Save the Guitar

Easiest to solve with a velocity-time graph.

Save the Guitar
Galileo's Bells

Goal-less Projectile Problem

Goal-less Projectile Problem

AP Physics 1 Multiple Choice Style Questions

Multiple Choice Kinematics

AP Physics 1 Free Response Style Questions

Experiment Design Question

Experimental Design Kinematics