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Unit 2: Describing Motion

Describing Motion

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We discuss the difference between distance and displacement.

Segment A: Distance and Displacement

We discuss the difference between distance and displacement and look at examples of what distinguishes them from one another in both one and two dimensions.

At the Porsche test track, we learn the difference between speed and velocity.

Segment B: Speed and Velocity

We head to the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta track to learn about the difference between speed and velocity. Different types of velocity are explored and we investigate how to find information from a position versus time graph.

We're at the Porsche test track to learn all about acceleration.

Segment C: Acceleration and Kinematic Equations

We are back at the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta track to learn all about acceleration. Kinematic equations are introduced as we solve for stopping time and displacement.

We stop by a food truck to investigate three different ways to graph motion.

Segment D: Graphing Motion

We stop by a food truck to investigate three different ways to graph motion: position versus time, velocity versus time, and acceleration versus time.

Unit 2 Segment E: Free Fall We head to a football stadium to explain freefall.

Segment E: Free Fall

We head to a football stadium to explain free fall as we work through an example problem finding the maximum height of a thrown object.

We travel onboard a boat to investigate the topic of relative velocity.

Segment F: Relative Velocity

We travel onboard a boat to investigate the topic of relative velocity and to show how all motion is relative.

A baseball team helps us demonstrate horizontally launched projectiles.

Segment G: Horizontally Launched Projectiles

We enlist a high school baseball team to help show how objects behave when they travel as horizontally launched projectiles.

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