LEARNING MODULE IN GENERAL PHYSICS 1

SUBJECT TEACHER Ms. Joanna Rose B. Delgado

WEEK 6, Quarter 1 August 30-September 4, 2021
TOPIC Kinematics Equation of Motion
1. Convert a verbal description of a physical situation involving distance,
LEARNING displacement, speed, and velocity in one dimension into a mathematical
OBJECTIVES description
2. Describe motion using the concept of relative velocities in one dimension
MODULE CONTENT
MOTION

may be classified as

UNIFORM UNIFORMLY

ACCELERATED Example of which are

can be described in terms of

FREE FALL PROJECTILE
MOTION

DISPLACEMENT VELOCITY ACCELERATION

may be obtained using

GRAPHS EQUATION OF CALCULUS

MOTION

INTRODUCTION

Kinematics is the science of describing the motion of objects using words, diagrams, numbers, graphs, and
equations. Kinematics is a branch of mechanics. The goal of any study of kinematics is to develop sophisticated
mental models that serve to describe and explain the motion of real-world objects.
In this module, we will investigate the words used to describe the motion of objects. That is, we will focus on
the language of kinematics. The hope is to gain a comfortable foundation with the language that is used
throughout the study of mechanics. We will study such terms as scalars, vectors, distance, displacement,
speed, velocity and acceleration. These words are used with regularity to describe the motion of objects. Your
goal should be to become very familiar with their meaning.
DISPLACEMENT versus DISTANCE

What is the difference between displacement and distance?

• Displacement – it refers to the straight-line distance between an object’s initial and final positions,
with direction toward the final position. In symbols,
∆𝒙 = 𝒙 − 𝒙𝒐
It is a vector quantity that described both magnitude and direction.
• Distance – it refers to the total length of path taken by an object in moving from its initial to final
position. It is a scalar quantity for it described by its magnitude only.

SAMPLE PROBLEM#1

Starting from the church, a procession has to take the following route: 50 m, north; 40 m, east;
and 60 m, north. To go back, it has to follow the same route but in the opposite direction. (a)
What is the total distance traveled? (b) What is the total displacement?

SOLUTION:
a. total distance traveled = 50 m + 40 m + 60 m + 60 m + 40 m + 50 m
= 300 m
b. The displacement is zero because the procession went back to where it started.

SPEED versus VELOCITY

• SPEED – it is a scalar quantity in which it refers to the distance traveled by a body in a given time.
• Average Speed – it is the total distance traveled divided by the total time elapsed.
• Instantaneous Speed – it is the speed at a particular moment in time.
 • VELOCITY – it is a vector quantity that refers to the displacement of a body in a specified time interval.
• Average Velocity – it is the displacement divided by the total time elapsed.
𝒙 − 𝒙𝒐 ∆𝒙
̅=
𝒗 =
𝒕 − 𝒕𝒐 ∆𝒕
Usually, 𝒙𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 are set to be equal to zero. Thus,
∆𝒙
̅=
𝒗
∆𝒕

• Instantaneous Velocity – it is the velocity at a specific instant of time.

∆𝒙 𝒅𝒙
𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 = 𝒍𝒊𝒎 =
∆𝒕 𝒅𝒕

SAMPLE PROBLEM#2

Vania walks to her school 360 m away at a constant speed of 3.0 m/s. Ten seconds later, her
brother Angelito follows at a constant speed of 4.0 m/s. (a) How long will it take Angelito to
overtake Vania? (b) How far is Vania from school when overtaken by Angelito?

SOLUTION:
Let t be the time for Angelito overtaken Vania. Therefore,
Time Vania has been walking, 𝒕𝒗 = 𝒕 + 𝟏𝟎 𝒔
𝒎
Distance traveled by Angelito in time 𝒕, 𝒙𝑨 = (𝟒. 𝟎 )
𝒔
𝒎
Distance traveled by Vania in time (𝒕 + 𝟏𝟎 𝒔), 𝒙𝒗 = (𝟑. 𝟎 )(𝒕 + 𝟏𝟎 𝒔)
𝒔
a. To be overtaken, 𝒙𝑨 must be equal to 𝒙𝒗 . Therefore,
(4.0 m/s)t= (3.0m/s)(t + 10s)
Solving for t, t = 30 s.

b. First, we solve for the distance traveled by Vania when Angelito had overtaken her.
𝒙
Manipulating the equation 𝒗 = and letting 𝒗𝒗 be the speed of Vania,
𝒕
𝒎
𝒙𝒗 = (𝒕 + 𝟏𝟎 𝒔)𝒗𝒗 = (𝟑. 𝟎 ) = 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝒎
𝒔
The school is 360 m away from Vania’s place. Therefore, Vania is 360 m – 120 m = 240 m away from school
when overtaken by Angelito.

ASSESSMENT
Online Problem Solving via Zoom
ASSIGNMENT
PERFORMANCE TASK
TITLE: My Dream Travel Itineraries
Instruction: Plan your own dream travel itineraries. Use Google Maps to gather data of distance
between one place and another. Compute your total distance of travel and total displacement. Place
your output on MS PowerPoint.

Apps to use: Google Map and MS Power Point

RUBRICS

CRITERIA EXCELLENT (4) SATISFACTORY FAIR (2) NEEDS

(3) IMPROVEMENT
(1)
PLAN (X2) Created a very Created an Created an Did not create an
detailed itinerary itinerary broke itinerary but did itinerary
down day by day
 broke down day not provide any
by day details
CREATIVITY and Created a Created a Created a Did not create a
PRESENTATION detailed and presentation that presentation but presentation
(X2) interesting followed did not follow the
presentation that student’s itinerary and
follow the itinerary and show enough
student’s contain at least 5 detail
itinerary and slides with
contain at least 5 pictures
slides with
pictures
APPLICATION of Students were Students were Students need to Students did not
Kinematics able to show a able to show an understand more do
Concept (x4) deeper understanding on the concept of anything/applied
understanding on the concept of kinematics and its kinematics on its
the concept of kinematics and application. itineraries. NO
kinematics and applied to its He/she is not able computation at
applied to its itineraries but to show any all, but only
itineraries and some of his/her computation. pictures of
show right computation his/her
computation. is/are wrong. itineraries.

NOTE: To be submitted on September 22, 2021.Attach your file on your Google Drive.