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Moving Man (Inquiry Based)

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Submission Information

Trish Loeblein   authors
ploeblei@jeffco.k12.co.us   contact email
Evergreen High School and PhET CU Boulder   school/organization
7/05 submitted
11/08 updated

Contribution Description

Moving Man (Inquiry Based)   title
The Moving Man   simulations
Motiongraphmathvelocityacclerationpositionphet activity keywords
The students will use the simulation to learn the goals through an inquiry approach. There is a pre/post test provided.
Learning Goal: Students will be able to accurately interpret and draw position, velocity and acceleration graphs for common situations. Also they will be able to use their own reasoning explain why the graphs look the way.   description
High School   level
Lab, Concept Questions   type
Physics   subject
30 minutes duration
No answers included
standards compliance
  Content Level
Content Standard K-4 5-8 9-12
Science as Inquiry - A
Physical Science - B
Life Science - C
Earth & Space Science - D
Science & Technology - E
Science in Personal and Social Perspective - F
History and Nature of Science - G

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Comments

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"I love this activity. I used it after having students walk the graphs with motion sensors from PASCO. The PASCO activity dealt with distance/time graphs - whereas this activity took it to the next level. The students were able to see the connections between all 3 types of graphs." - Debbie Gilbert

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