Moving Man: Simple Acceleration


Download all files as a compressed .zip


Title Moving Man: Simple Acceleration
Description This activity for 9th graders is aimed at having students understand motion graphs involving simple acceleration and deceleration. We use only positive velocity for this activity. Students will be able to: (i) describe how a person moved by looking at motion graphs; and (ii)sketch the motion graphs when the person's motion is described.
Subject Physics
Level High School
Type Lab
Duration 60 minutes
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords Graphing
Simulation(s) The Moving Man


Author(s) Karen King
School / Organization Denver School of Science and Technology
Date submitted 8/10/06
Date updated 4/28/15