What this lesson teaches
Motion distance speed time.
Plot distance-time graphs from movement data!
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Motion distance speed time.
Graph interpretation is the most widely tested scientific skill, yet students consistently struggle because they confuse the shape of the graph with the shape of the journey. Acting out the motion first, then plotting it, corrects this visual-kinetic confusion permanently.
1. Walk 2m in 4 sec. Record. 2. Walk 4m in 4 sec. 3. Plot both. 4. Calculate speed from graph.