Examine the meaning and purpose of vectors. Use the instructional activity to teach your classes how find the magnitude of a vector and what it represents graphically. Your pupils will also combine vectors to find a resultant vector and interpret its meaning. This represents the 18th instructional activity in the module.

Concepts

addition vectors, vectors, magnitude, coordinate plane

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use a graphic organizer such as a Fryer Diagram to record new vocabulary with specific examples
• Provide graph paper for notes and practice to reinforce the graphical representation of a vector

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes learners understand the basic concept of a vector and what it represents

Pros

• Includes a discussion on notation and the various methods of representing vectors
• Provides an exit ticket to check for understanding

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSN-VM.A.1 HSN-VM.A.3 HSN-VM.B.4.a HSN-VM.B.5.a MP2 MP3 MP6 MP7