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Science (2015) Grade(s): 09-12 - Physical Science

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Cause and Effect

Students know:

Students are able to:

Create graphs from sets of data points.
Identify distance and displacement as a scalar/ vector pair.
Identify speed and velocity as a scalar/ vector pair.
Describe motion mathematically in terms of an object's change of position, distance traveled, and displacement.
Apply concepts of average speed and average velocity to solve conceptual and quantitative problems.
Explain velocity as a relationship between displacement and time. (Δd=vΔt)
Explain acceleration as a relationship between velocity and time. (a=Δv/Δt)
Use graphical analysis to understand conceptual trends in displacement, velocity, acceleration, and time.
Use graphical analysis to solve for displacement, velocity, acceleration, and time.
Calculate velocity and acceleration from displacement vs. time graphs.

Students understand that:

Motion graphs (displacement vs. time, velocity vs. time, and acceleration vs. time) for one- and two- dimensional motion may be used to derive (conceptual and mathematical) relationships of motion.