Happy New Year Scholars 4th Six Weeks (Week 1) Motion & Speed

Motion o   What is motion? o   How can you describe the location of an object? o   How is distance measured? ·         Speed o   What is speed? o   What is average speed? o   How is Average Speed calculated? §  Formula: Speed = Distance/Time

·         Motion and Speed o   How are distance, time, and speed related? o   Vocabulary: §  Position, Reference Point, Motion, Speed, Vector, & Velocity Speed Triangle: Video Reference ·         Identify common distance units ·         Velocity o   What is a vector? o   What is velocity? §  Differentiate between speed and velocity.

·          Distance-Time Graphs ·         Graph distance vs time o   How is constant speed graphed? o   How are changing speeds graphed? §  Analyze the relationship between speed and steepness of the line on a graph.