Worksheets These are designed to give the students the opportunity to deploy the model developed in the paradigm lab. They correspond to the Concept Application phase of the Karplus Learning Cycle. Some units contain suggested readings, lesson plans, and challenge exercises. This unit reviews experimental design, use of significant figures and introduces interpretation of graphs. This unit focuses on the kinematic behavior of a particle moving at constant velocity.
Velocity is defined as the slope of a position-time graph.
The area under a velocity-time graph is defined as displacement. This unit concentrates on a particle moving with uniform acceleration. Kinematic formulas are derived from interpretation of graphs. Students learn to deduce motions from forces and to infer forces from the motion of objects. In this unit, students apply the models developed in the two previous units to projectiles.