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Velocity time graphs

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

  • Read values of speed or velocity off a speed-time or velocity-time graph, and interpret the meaning of a negative velocity.
  • Describe the motion of an object from a velocity-time graph, and identify the velocity-time graph from a description of motion.         
  • Identify the velocity-time graph corresponding to a given displacement-time graph, and vice versa.           
  • Calculate, and explain how to work out, the acceleration of an object from the gradient of a velocity-time graph.     
  • Calculate, and explain how to work out, the change in displacement of an object, or the distance it has travelled, from the area under a velocity-time graph.

The resources include details of common misconceptions and a summary of the research upon which the resources are based.

Download the zip file for all the questions and activities.

More resources like this can be found on the BEST webpage:  Best Evidence in Science Teaching

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