Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Average Speed

For Students 5th - 8th
Given diagrams, data, or scenarios, students will calculate average speed using distance and time measurements.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Speed

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of speed and its SI unit, instantaneous speed and how to calculate average speed and distance or time from speed.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on how to calculate average speed and distance traveled. It also explains how to convert different units of measure and provides a link to an assessment.
Handout
Oswego City School District

Oswego City School District: Speed and Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
This animated tutorial illustrates distance and displacement to define speed and velocity.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Motion Graphing Speed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this introduction to motion activity, students will get a personal understanding of speed and acceleration by experiencing it firsthand. Wheeled office chairs or other cart like devices are used to give one student a ride as a fellow...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Speed: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain what speed is, including the difference between average speed and instantaneous speed, showing how to calculate both. It will also show the common units used to represent speed. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled...
Interactive
Other

Machine Head Software: Speed Distance Time Calculators

For Students 3rd - 8th
A collection of calculators to find the average speed, time, or distance depending on the variables given.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Position Time Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand how to evaluate data presented in graphs based on speed and velocity calculations.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Position Time Graphs

For Students 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How motion and speed can be represented by a distance-time graph and how average speed can be calculated from it.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on motion including definitions, how to calculate the change in velocity and the average acceleration, and a link to an assessment.
Website
Other

Easyphysics: Chapter 2 Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners investigate velocity. Some topics examined are average velocity, distance, and displacement. The resource includes example problems with solutions, interactive graphs, and a chapter quiz.
Unit Plan
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Get Going With Rate

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the concepts of rate, distance, and speed in this interactive lesson. Discover how to use formulas to solve word problems and calculate salaries. A concise lesson with excellent examples, connections to real world experiences,...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Falling Down Adventure 5

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the CBR 2 to study how a change in mass affects the average speed of a falling object. They graph distance as a function of time, and interpret and analyze graphs representing motion.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Gasoline Tanks

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Inquiring minds want to know, how far can you go on a tank of gas? See if you can figure out this math challenge that explores rate, distance, and time. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series. Application...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Discovering Velocity Outside of the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A physics lab activity where students gather data from classmates running at different rates on a football field. They then share their gathered data and transfer it to a graphing program to ultimately calculate average velocity.