Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- The interpretation of forces as vectors.
- Vectors can be used to represent forces.
- Vector arithmetic.
- Trigonometric functions used to write vectors.
- Vector formulas.
- Write vectors in component form.
- Graphing points.
- Use a protractor.
- Right triangle trigonometry.
- Unit circle.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Write and represent a given force as a vector.
- Combine vector quantities.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- The result of combining multiple vector forces creates a net magnitude and direction.
- Certain situations can be represented using vectors.
Vocabulary
- velocity
- vector
- magnitude
- component form
- initial point
- terminal point
- scalar
- direction
- components
