Mechanics

Everyday Agenda
Conceptua
l lens
Perspective
2.1 Motion

Distance, Displacement
Speed, velocity
Acceleration
Equations of motion for uniform acceleration
Projectile motion
Fluid resistance and terminal speed
 30 mins for
test and 10
Session 1 Prior knowledge test mins
discussion

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zu-aC331NIsCAzb0MRl1jVSDcn8oAZxhF46TADoKi5k/edit

Linear Motion
Motion can be defined as the change of position over time.
Position definition:
● Defines a starting point: origin (x = 0), x relative to origin
● Direction: positive (right or up), negative (left or down)
● It depends on time: t = 0 (start clock), x(t=0) does not have to be zero.
For motion along a straight line, the direction is represented simply by + and –
signs.
+ sign: Right or Up.
- sign: Left or Down.
Distance- It is length of actual path travelled by an object.

Displacement-
Displacement is a change of position in time.
It is the difference between final and initial position.

Speed: Distance covered by an object in given time interval.

Speed= Distance/time

Velocity: Velocity is the rate of change of position.

Velocity = Displacement/time

Acceleration:
It is the rate of change of velocity of a moving object.
Average Speed = Total Distance / Δ t

Average velocity = Average velocity is the slope of the line segment between
end points on a graph.

V avg = Δx / Δ t = X f - X i / Δ t

Instantaneous velocity = lim Δx = dx

Δ t→0 Δt dt
Session 3

Discussion of MS of unit test paper and clearing

doubts.
Session 2: Activity on ground 1 slot for
sprinting

Sprinting activity with and without a parachute and then calculating speed
of the runner.

They will analyse the difference in timings when they ran without a parachute
and while wearing a parachute.
Session 4, 5 : Lab Activity
1. To use vector addition to calculate the mass of an unknown
object (stone) by using gravesand’s apparatus

2. To find acceleration of freely falling object.

Session 5:Instantaneous and average speed and
acceleration
Average speed= Total distance/time taken

It is the speed over a certain time period.

Instantaneous speed is the speed taken at an instant of time(particular point).

It is given as a limit or a derivative of it.

The instantaneous acceleration of an object is equal to the gradient of the velocity

time graph at that instant.
Equations of motion with
constant acceleration
 Session 6:
Do heavier objects fall
faster?

Ball and feather falling experiment

Session 7:Projectile motion

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Half Projectile

Image Source: http://tutor4physics.com/images/projectile%20motion%202.jpg

Session 8: Analysing projectile
motion
Question:
Session An object may have several different forces acting on it, which
can have different strengths and directions. But they can be
added together to give the resultant force. This is a single force

9● Resultant force that has the same effect on the object as all the individual
forces acting together.

● Free body diagrams

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2.2 Forces
● Force and resultant force
● Free body diagrams
● Newton’s laws of motion
● Friction

Resultant force
When two or more forces act on an object in different directions, then the net force
acting on the object is called resultant force

Free body diagrams

The vector representation of forces and velocities acting on an object is done by
using free body diagrams.
 Investigation task- Parachute

Session 10:
Investigation Task http://cdn4.explainthatstuff.com/soft-landing-parachute2.png
Session 11,12 : Lab Activity
Exp 3 : To determine the range of a projectile as a function of angle of inclination

Students will work on the investigation task - Releasing the Parachute from a
height and recording the time to reach the ground.
 Session 13

Formative Formative assessment 2.1

Formative assessment 2.2

Assessment
Air resistance
The force with which air opposes the motion of the object is called Drag or air
resistance.

Fluid resistance
When an object falls through a medium ,it offers some resistance to the
motion.This is fluid resistance.

Terminal speed
When an object falls through a medium ,its speed slowly increases and after
sometime it becomes constant, this constant speed is called terminal speed.
Session 14: Newton’s 1st law
Newton’s 2nd &3rd law
Linear Momentum
S= (u+v) × t
2
Session 15: Work,energy and power
● Kinetic energy
● Potential energy
● Elastic potential energy
● Work
● Power
● Principle of conservation of energy
● Efficiency
Forms and transformation of energy
Power
Efficiency
It is the ratio of useful energy output to the total energy input.

Efficiency = Power output

Power Input
Session 16: Momentum and Impulse
1. Conservation of linear momentum
2. Elastic & Inelastic collisions
3. Impulse and force-time graphs
4. Force related to rate of change of momentum
Linear momentum: It is the product of mass and velocity of the object.

p= m.v

Kinetic energy EK = p2 / 2m

Impulse: It is the product of force and time for which the force acts.

Impulse = Change in momentum

Conservation of momentum

The total momentum of any system is constant,provided no external force

acts on it.
Elastic and Inelastic collisions
A collision in which total kinetic energy of he masses is the same before an d
after the collision, it is Elastic collision.

A collision in which kinetic energy changes after collision and there is a loss of
energy, is called Inelastic collision.
CAS Integration- Session 17: IM discussion in class
Sensitising peope
about automobile
safety standards
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11wvV_byCIpzHqV7H
o4BIQmO8BEcaX0X8rW0HRAwCLhw/edit

Automobile safety standards

Creativity and
Service
Session 18:Summative
Assessment
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16vnXui_N6nXF2yo95BTxom5Kp-OEzMS
a_zIrxb3geqs/edit
Bibliography
Hodder publication Textbook

Oxford Textbook