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.

Cart Graph Matching

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

Usain Bolt's 2008 100m Race

Physics Language Ranking Activity

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

Uniformly Accelerated Motion Equations

Slides with accompanying: 

• Interactive

• Online Worksheet (Key)

• Guided Notes

• Drills

Solving Algebraically

Drills

Proportional Reasoning

Drills

Mr. F and Ms. C Race

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

Solution located in this notebook

Katie Ledecky's 400 m race

Solution located in this notebook

Rockets on Velocity Time Graphs

Solution located in this notebook

Driving At Night

Easiest to solve with a velocity-time graph.

Solution

Mr. F vs. Gazelle

Easiest to solve with a velocity-time graph.

Rocket Acceleration-Time Graph

Easiest to solve with a velocity-time graph.

Save the Guitar

Easiest to solve with a velocity-time graph.

Galileo's Bells

Simulation by Andrew Duffy

Goal-less Projectile Problem

Experiment Design Question