Richard Matthews, Theresa Lewis-King, and William Wagenborg

Physics 590

Summer 2006

MISEP Cohort 2

Final Presentation

Connecting Distance and Velocity

Connecting Distance and Velocity

» Lesson Objectives» What Students Should Know» Presentation

» Instructional Model: Theresa» Falling Dominoes: Richard» Technology: William

» Demonstration» Making Connections

Lesson Objectives» Design an experimental model that will

allow for the measurement of distance versus time and calculate velocity.

» Conduct a controlled experiment» Organize and graph data» Use a mathematical equation to calculate

slope in order to make connections between distance and velocity.

» Communicate experimental data

What Students Should Know…•Speed is the distance an object travels in a given time.

•Average Speed = total distance

total time

•Displacement is how far an object has moved from its original position

•Velocity = change in displacement

change in time

Velocity is distance and direction

Inquiry: An Instructional Model

Inquiry: An Instructional Model

Authentic Problem Solving Students Control Outcome Teacher Facilitates Learning Students Collaborate Students Demonstrate Mastery

Authentic Problem Solving Students Control Outcome Teacher Facilitates Learning Students Collaborate Students Demonstrate Mastery

Can You Determine the Speed of Falling Dominoes?

Video clip

Can You Determine The Speed of an Object with a Camcorder, Television

and VCR?

Looking at Student WorkDistance

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Time (1/30 second)

Distance (cm)

Distance

Time 3 Distance Ave. Velocity0.000 0.00 0.000.330 0.75 22.500.066 1.50 22.500.990 2.25 22.500.132 3.00 22.500.165 4.00 24.000.198 5.00 25.000.231 6.00 25.700.264 7.00 26.300.297 8.00 26.700.330 9.00 27.000.363 10.25 28.000.396 11.50 28.750.429 13.50 31.200.462 15.50 33.200.495 17.50 35.000.528 19.50 36.60

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Looking at Student Work

The MISEP InfluenceThe MISEP Influence Student driven, students connecting with the

real world Hands-on exploration Students connect concepts learned with

experimental data Clear link between between academic

disciplines (math and science) Teacher is the facilitator of learning

Student driven, students connecting with the real world

Hands-on exploration Students connect concepts learned with

experimental data Clear link between between academic

disciplines (math and science) Teacher is the facilitator of learning

Credit

Group Contributions:

Each member contributed to the lesson plan design

and the presentation format.

Videotaping: Richard Matthews and William Wagenborg

PowerPoint design and Typing: Theresa Lewis-King