ACCELERATION

WORK PLAN

01 02
ROUTINES/NETIQUETTE ACCELERATION

03 04
PRACTICAL EXERCISES WRAP-UP
At the end of the week, learners are
expected to:

1. Recall and use the relationship

between acceleration, velocity,
and time
2. Relate speed, velocity, and
acceleration
3. Discuss the factors that affect
speed, velocity, and acceleration
4. Construct and interpret the
velocity-time graph
SCIENCE ROUTINE
PRE-ACTIVITY: TASK CARDS

The fastest pitch ever

thrown was 105.1 mph
(169.14 kph).
Is this an example of
speed, velocity, or
acceleration?
PRE-ACTIVITY: TASK CARDS

A shopping cart is
pushed 15.6 meters
west across a
parking lot in 5.2
seconds. What is the
velocity of the cart?
PRE-ACTIVITY: TASK CARDS

What is the speed of

a rocket that travels
9,000 meters in 12
seconds?
ACCELERATION

The change in velocity per unit

time.
➔ change in speed (magnitude)
➔ change in direction
➔ change in speed and direction
Speeding up and Slowing Down

When you think of acceleration, you probably think

of something speeding up. However, an object that
is slowing down also is accelerating.

Acceleration also has direction, just as velocity

does.
Speeding up and Slowing Down

If the acceleration is
in the same direction
as the velocity, the
speed increases and
the acceleration is
positive.
Speeding up and Slowing Down

If the speed
decreases, the
acceleration is in the
opposite direction
from the velocity, and
the acceleration is
negative.
 Changing direction
A change in velocity can be either a change in
how fast something is moving or change in
direction of movement.

Any time a moving object changes direction,

its velocity changes and it is accelerating.
Changing Direction
The speed of the horses
in this carousel is
constant, but the horses
are accelerating
because their direction
is changing constantly.
 Calculating Acceleration
To calculate the acceleration of an object, the change in velocity is
divided by the length of time interval over which the change occurred.

To calculate the change in velocity, subtract the initial velocity- the velocity
at the beginning of the time interval- from the final velocity- the velocity at
the end of the time interval.
 Calculating Acceleration

If the direction of motion doesn’t change and the object

moves in a straight line, the change in velocity is the same as
the change in speed.

The change in velocity then is the final speed minus the initial
speed.
 SAMPLE PROBLEM #1:
Q1: How is the acceleration for an object that is speeding up
different from that of an object that is slowing down?

Suppose a jet liner starts at rest at the

end of a runway and reaches a speed of
80 m/s in 20s.
Calculating Positive Acceleration

The airliner is traveling in a straight line

down the runway, so its speed and velocity
are the same.

Because it started from rest, its initial

speed was zero.
Calculating Positive Acceleration
Its acceleration can be calculated as follows:
 SAMPLE PROBLEM #2:
Q2: Imagine that a skateboarder is
moving in a straight line at a constant
speed of 3 m/s and comes to a stop in
2 s.

The final speed is zero and the initial

speed was 3 m/s.
 Calculating Negative Acceleration

The skateboarder’s acceleration is

calculated as follows:

2
 Practical Exercise:
1. A car accelerates from rest to a speed of 36 km/h in
20 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car in
m/s2?

2. A car slows down from a speed of 72 km/h to rest in

25 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car in
m/s2?
Collaborative Activity:

Name that Motion

via Dan Woodger on GIPHY

 Describing Motion
with Graphs

❖ Position-Time Graph
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PRE-ACTIVITY:

VIRTUAL CAR via GIPHY

 Collaborative Activity:

Graph that
Motion
via Tony Babel on GIPHY
 Describing Motion
with Graphs

❖ Velocity-Time
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 Collaborative Activity:

Graph that
Motion
via Tony Babel on GIPHY
FORUM
ACTIVITY
Why is it important to
continue to grow? Give an
example of progress you
have made in the past year.
THANKS!
Do you have
any questions?

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