LEARNING OUTCOMES
State that the acceleration of free fall for a body near to the Earth is constant.
Describe qualitatively the motion of bodies falling in a uniform gravitational field with and without air resistance (including reference to terminal velocity)
Learning Outcomes
Define speed and calculate average speed from total distance total time
Plot and interpret a speed-time graph or a distance-time graph.
Recognize from the shape of a speed -time graph when a body is
-at rest
-moving with constant speed
-moving with changing speed
Calculate the area under a speed-time graph to work out the distance traveled for motion with constant acceleration
Demonstrate understanding that acceleration and deceleration are related to changing speed including qualitative analysis of the gradient of a speed-time graph
Distinguish between speed and velocity
Define and calculate acceleration using change of velocity time taken
Calculate speed from the gradient of a distance-time graph
Calculate acceleration from the gradient of a speed-time graph
Recognize linear motion for which the acceleration is constant
Recognize motion for which the acceleration is not constant
Understand deceleration as a negative acceleration