Workshop Outline: Moving Objects

      

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1. ELICIT: What Do We Know about Moving Objects?

 

2. EXPLORE: What Can We Find Out about Moving Objects?

 

3. INQUIRE: How Do We Get There from Here?
A. Blindfold Navigation
B. Measuring Distance and Direction
C. Measuring Time
D. Make Sense
E. Apply

 

4. INQUIRE: What Is the Meaning of Velocity?
A. What Is Speed?
B. Is the Speed Constant?
C. Graphing Speed
D. Velocity Isn’t Speed
E. Make Sense
F. Apply

 

5. INQUIRE: How Many Ways Can Velocity Be Changed?
A. Feeling Acceleration
B. Measuring Acceleration
C. Three Ways to Change Velocity
D. Make Sense
E. Apply

 

6. INQUIRE: What Does It Take to Make Things Accelerate?
A. What Causes Acceleration?
B. What is Force?
C. Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
D. Make Sense
E. Apply

 

7. INQUIRE: Are Some Things Harder to Accelerate Than Others?
A. Inertia
B. Make Sense
C. Apply

 

8. REFLECT: What Have We Learned about Moving Objects?

 

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