It's story time! Show your class how to use a distance-time graph to tell a story. They learn to draw and analyze a graph using distance and time data. The story then continues to compare velocity and time. 

Concepts

distance, time, velocity, graphs, speed, acceleration

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use a motion detector to graph distance versus time of a moving object and analyze the results
• Flip your classroom by assigning the video as homework and use class time to draw and analyze graphs

Classroom Considerations

• Expects a proficiency with graphing and interpreting graphical data
• The 18th lesson in a series of 49 videos

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Uses a variety of graphs to highlight different aspects of them
• Includes interesting animations and videos to enhance the explanation and hold pupils' attention

Cons

• None