Friday, February 27
starter
• Turn to page 80.
• Copy and answer questions 1 and 2.
Directions
• Create an informational poster on
position-time graphs.
• 1. Write your name ,date and class
color in the upper right corner.
• 2. Write the title on the top of your
paper, “POSITION - TIME GRAPHS”
• 3. DIVIDE THE paper into thirds
– The top 1/3 is for the graph
– The middle 1/3 is the caption
– The bottom 1/3 is for the answers
• 4. TURN TO PAGE 70 AND 71.
• 5. FOR EACH SQUARE:
• a. label description of motion
• b. draw and describe graphs.
Position-Time Graph
Time
Time
Title: An object
at rest
Time
Time
Title
Title
Title
If an object is For an object When the
at rest, the
with constant object is
position …
speed …
speeding …
When the
object is
slowing …
Example: A
student in a
chair
Example
Example
Example
Bottom 1/3 of paper
• Copy and answer these questions:
• 1. What do you think “at rest” means?
• 2. What is the difference between linear and
non linear?
• 3. What is another word for position?
• 4. The position increases non linearly with
time for both objects speeding up and slowing
down. Why do these lines look different?
summarize
• 3: write down 3 things that are similar
among all four graphs.
• 2: write down 2 things that are different
among the four graphs.
• 1: draw the graph which shows
constant speed and explain why.