Thursday 23 May

2024 Motion in straight line

Starter/bell work: Can you sketch a displacement- Learning Hive skills:

time graph of your morning, from when you woke

up until now? Learning Objective: To
investigate motion in
straight line.
Challenge: Now can you draw a velocity-time graph Success criteria:
 Use your knowledge
for the same situation? to distinguish
between distance
and displacement
and speed and
velocity.
 Draw and interpret
displacement-time
and velocity-time
graphs.
 Solve exam
questions.
 23/05/2024

Linear Motion
What do you know
about acceleration?
Defining Acceleration
If displacement is an objects distance
from its starting position in a certain
direction then:

Velocity = Change in Displacement / Change in Time

or:

Where velocity is given by v,

displacement is given by s, and
time is given by t.
Defining Acceleration
We have:

Acceleration is then given by

Where acceleration is given by a,

velocity is given by v,
and time is given by t.
Fill in the gaps ∆𝑣
𝑎=
∆𝑡

Acceleration () Starting Velocity Final Velocity () Time Taken

() (s)
2.70 6.34 2.01
2.08 5.40 25.03
10.003 4.01 2.08
8.00 5.9 10.43
4.62 8.78 2.6
Distance vs Displacement

ent
Displacement is distance moved in a stated direction.

l acem
A postman sets off to work every day at 8:00. He drives 10km,

m
even though the post office is only 4km away, and arrives at work

200K
Disp

ance
m
at 8:20. He stays at work for 10 mins, and has a cup of tea. The first

220K
Dist
parcel is delivered to his neighbour. It takes him 15 mins to drive
back.

Displacement – time graph

Distance – time graph
Gradient - velocity
Horizontal - stationary
Straight diagonal - constant velocity
curved diagonal - acceleration
Gradient - velocity
Horizontal - stationary
Straight diagonal - constant velocity
curved diagonal - acceleration
Displacement Time Graphs
Draw a
displacement
time graph
An ice hockey puck remains stationary
for three seconds. It then travels a
distance of 50m in 1 second away from
its original position. It is stopped for
another second and then moves a
distance of 20m in five seconds in the
same direction as before.
Displacement Time Graphs
Draw a
displacement
time graph
A bird flies north for thirty miles and
takes two hours. The bird stops to rest
for three hours. The bird then flies
south for forty miles for four hours,
turns back north and flies for another
ten miles in an hour.
 Displacement - Time graph
Calculate the velocity for ​
each section and use the
30 results to plot a velocity-
time graph.

20

4 23 35 48
 Speed Vs velocity
Speed: distance per unit time, measured in m/s
Velocity: Displacement per unit time, measured in m/s

ent
ance
Speed=Distance / time

l ac e m

m
velocity= displacement / time

220K
Dist
m
A postman sets off to work every day at 8:00. He drives 10km, even though

200K
Disp
the post office ​is only 4km away, and arrives at work at 8:20. He stays at
work for 10 mins, and has a cup of tea. The first parcel is delivered to his
neighbour. It takes him 15 mins to drive back. ​Assume he drives at a constant
speed.
Gradient - acceleration
speed – time graph Area under - distance/displacement
Horizontal -constant velocity
velocity – time graph: Straight diagonal - constant acceleration
must have negatives!
curved diagonal - changing acceleration
Velocity Time Graphs
What does the area
under a velocity time
graph represent?

Distance
Velocity Time Graphs How could you describe the
acceleration between 0 and
15 seconds?

How would you

calculate/read the
acceleration at t = 10
seconds?

Describe the acceleration

between 50 and 65
seconds.
 Velocity - Time graphs Gradient - acceleration
Area under - distance/displacement
Horizontal -constant velocity
Straight diagonal - constant acceleration
30 curved diagonal - changing acceleration

25

10

14
8
0
2 4 18

-10
 Plenary- Critical thinking grid
Learning Objective: To
investigate motion in
straight line.
Success criteria:
 Use your knowledge
to distinguish
between distance and
displacement and
speed and velocity.
 Draw and interpret
displacement-time
and velocity-time
graphs.
 Solve exam questions.