Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Motion

1. Go to Discovery Education, work on the interactive "On the Move" and complete the Student Worksheet called "On the Move." You will need to use your lobostudent log it. It should be taped on the inside of your planner.

2. Car Speed Game. Answer the questions on your exit ticket.
  • What does the graph look like when the car goes faster?
  • What does it look like when the car slows down?

3. Choose one of the following, and write your answers on your exit ticket:

4. You may explore any or all of the following links when you have finished steps 1 - 3:

If you are traveling at 55 miles per hour, how many centimeters per seconds is that? Convert speeds here.

Ever wonder how those skaters can do an ollie without the board falling? Learn about the physics of skateboarding.

Learn about how Einstein used speed to change the way we think about the universe.

What does film speed mean?

Wonder how we know the speed of light? Read on, dear Lobo, read on.

Explore the Nobel Prize site.
Play the games on the Nobel Prize site.