1. Nov. 3, 2017
You need:
-Clean paper (2) / pencil
-Motion Notes
Warm Up:
Convert these…show your work.
9.08 km = __________ dkm
0.073 hm = ____________ dm
I CAN: convert units within the metric system (to help describe motion).

2. Conversion in the METRIC system…
NAME!
RIGHT
Kilo
Hecto km
Deka hm
dkm
deci
LEFT
centi
Meter
Liter
Gram dm
milli cm mm

3. Motion – Occurs when an object changes _____________ relative to a _____________ ____________.
position
point
reference

4. -Distance: how ________ an object has traveled.
-Displacement: ______________ and _____________ of an object’s change in position from the starting point.
far
distance
direction

5. Speed – the _________________ an object travels per unit of _________________. Also known as the ____________ of change in position.
distance
time
rate

6. So…what is motion?
Motion is a
change in position
over time!!

7. So…what is motion? Distance If you change your position,
then you have traveled some distance.

8. So…what is motion? Distance
How fast you travel that distance is your speed!
(Speed is the RATE at which you change position).

9. How can we describe motion?
Motion can be described by:
DISTANCE (how far did it travel?)
TIME (how long did it travel?)
SPEED (how fast did it travel?)
DIRECTION (which way did it go?)
ACCELERATION (does the motion change?)

11. Conversion in the METRIC system…
NAME!
RIGHT
Kilo
Hecto km
Deka hm
dkm
deci
LEFT
centi
Meter
Liter
Gram dm
milli cm mm

12. The binder clip will be set at 10 cm – so the ramp is at 10 cm.
An index card to indicate the movement.
Binder clip – to steady the ramp
To mark a place for the ramp AND a start for the index card.
End point – to be measured for distance.

14. Be careful! When measuring, make sure to use the actual scale on the ruler – not just the end of the ruler.

15. Marble / Ramp Experiment
The binder clip will be set at 10 cm – so the ramp is at 10 cm.
An index card to indicate the movement.
Binder clip – to steady the ramp
To mark a place for the ramp AND a start for the index card.
End point – to be measured for distance.

17. Energy Energy is what makes things move or change. What do you know?
What do you think?
Energy is what makes things move or change.
1. Ask students to share examples of energy and to explain what they think about it. Accept all answers without correction. 2. Hold a book a few feet above a table, as still as possible. Ask the class if the book has energy? Again, accept all answers. Drop the book and repeat the question. 3. Introduce a working definition of energy: “Energy is what makes things move or change.” Explain that we will explore energy during the next several activities.

18. What did you observe?
What did you measure?
What happens if you change the ramp?

19. Marble on Ramp Experiment
Height
Distance
5 cm
10 cm
15 cm

20. Marble on Ramp ExperimentHt
Dist
5 cm
10 cm
15 cm

21. What patterns do we see? Why?
Potential Energy
As you lift the marble up (to the top of the ramp), you are doing work – against the force of gravity. The work done is stored in a form of energy known as POTENTIAL ENERGY. Also thought of as “Energy of Position”

22. Does Potential Energy stay as Potential?
Kinetic Energy
As the marble starts to move, potential energy now becomes KINETIC ENERGY or “energy of motion”

23. Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy

24. We agreed that the height influenced the distance traveled.
Would the mass/weight of the marble make a difference? Why or why not?

25. In math terms… Distance Speed = Time
A “change in position over time” is the same as saying:
Distance
Speed =
Time

26. Speed = d
Distance
Time s t

27. D S T Speed = Distance Time Time = Distance Speed
Distance = Speed x Time D S T

28. What does “speed” mean? Some examples of speed:
60 miles/hour meters/minute
Let’s break it down…
If you travel 60 miles per hour, how far do you travel in 1 hour?
60 miles/hour is the same as 60 miles
1 hour

30. Let’s practice calculating speed
If you travel 100 km in 2 hours, what is your speed?
Speed = Distance
Time
Distance = 100 km Time = 2 hours
Speed = 100 km
2 h
Speed = 50 km/h

31. Practice problems: possible exit ticket?

32. But what if we don’t have a steady speed?
Type
Description
Example 1
Instantaneous 2
Average 3
Constant

33. Instantaneous speed
Speed at a given point in time…at a particular INSTANCE.
Example:
Driving the car and you look down at the speedometer.
Driving home and the “speed” at a stop sign.

34. Average speed
Total distance traveled divided by the total time. So you are finding the AVERAGE.
Example:
As you drive home, you stop at stop signs/redlights. You go faster on straight paths.
Taking a road trip. It may last 4 hours – but you are not at the same speed for the entire time.

35. Constant speed Speed that does not vary or change. It is CONSTANT.
Example:
Putting your car on cruise control (to maintain a steady speed).
Remember that the opposite of constant is changing or VARIABLE.