Sophia Learning
Sophia: Speed & Velocity
A slide show with three accompanying video lesson segments illustrating the difference between speed and velocity, and demonstrating how to calculate average speed and velocity. [6:31]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Speed
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Outlines how to calculate the speed of a moving object.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Speed
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand what speed is and how to calculate it in one dimension motion.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Speed: Lesson 2
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...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Motion: Calculating and Graphing Students Walking Speed
In this activity students will collect and analyze data of their walking speed. They will compare their speed to an outside speed walker. They will determine their speed every 20 meters up to 100 meters. They will complete five trials to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Speed Review
How to calculate average velocity and speed in one-dimension in word problems.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Speed With Direction Changes: Word Problems
Practice calculating average velocity and speed from word problems when an object changes directions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Average Velocity and Speed in One Direction: Word Problems
Practice calculating average velocity and speed from word problems when an object moves in one direction.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Timing a Speedbot!
Students strengthen their communication skills by first learning the meaning of base units and derived units. Then, working in groups, students measure the time for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots and calculate the robots' average speeds at...
Other
Machine Head Software: Speed Distance Time Calculators
A collection of calculators to find the average speed, time, or distance depending on the variables given.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Position Time Graphs
[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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Velocity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Difference between velocity and speed, using vector arrows to represent velocity, objects that have different velocities and how to calculate average velocity.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 Dimensional Kinematics
An activity in which average speed is calculated for a ball sliding along an inclined plane. This speed is compared to various instantaneous speeds along the incline.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Motion
This lesson focuses on motion including definitions, how to calculate the change in velocity and the average acceleration, and a link to an assessment.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Position Time Graphs
[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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Discovering Velocity Outside of the Classroom
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Practice W/ Average Velocity & Constant Acceleration: Lesson 1
This lesson provides the learner with example problems on calculating the average velocity of an object undergoing constant acceleration. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Practice w/ Average Velocity & Constant Acceleration."
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Tasa De Variacion De Una Funcion
In Spanish. In this interactive activity you will learn and understand the concept of average and instantaneous speed and calculate the average and instantaneous variation of some functions.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Get Going With Rate
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,...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Solar Orbit
A table listing the average radius of orbit for the nine planets about the sun; expressed in astronomical units. Data can be used to calculate the orbital speed or the orbital period.