English National Curriculum - Science Science
Mission Objectives
Explain how relative motion can affect speed calculations
Calculate relative speed
Define relative motion, giving examples of where it can be observed
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Words and meanings to learn
motion
a change in the position of of object with respect to time, as measured by a particular observer
observation
the action of closely monitoring something
kinematics
the branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of objects without reference to the forces which cause the motion
relative motion
the motion of one body with respect to another regarded as fixed
velocity
the speed of something in a given direction
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Resources: Calculators, desk mounted pulleys, string, slotted masses, weighted blocks, dry wipe pen, metre ruler/tape measure and the handout.
Handout: A sheet for the students to measure and calculate the relative motion of some moving blocks.
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