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Teacher Page

This page is intended to provide the instructor with lesson plans and relevant standards to successfully implement the Kinematics Web Quest.

Purpose

The purpose of this Web quest is to have students self explore the concepts used in kinematics. Students will be responsible for finding their own information as well as verifying its accuracy.

Rational

In the previous unit, students were tasked with studying vectors and how they are used to find forces. This web quest ties those concepts into a useful project that the students can relate to actual situations in life.

Learner Description

This project is designed for high school engineering students that are studying vectors and forces.

Pre Requisites

Students will need to have successfully completed the unit on vectors and need to be familiar with trigonomic functions such as SOH CAH TOA.

Instructional Objectives

  1. Students will be able to explain how velocity and acceleration are calculated.

  2. Students will be able to calculate range and initial acceleration from data they record from experiments.

  3. Students will design and produce a visual presentation to include an explanation of their ballistic device, drawings and a summarization of data recorded from experiments.

  4. Students will be able to analyze test data and utilize the results to make decisions.

Standards Addressed

The standards addressed in this web quest are from the Standards for Technological Literacy. They include:

Subject Matter Description

This web quest contains the following sections that are intended for the student learner.

INTRO: Provides a quick introduction for the students on kinematics and is an anticipatory set for the web quest.

TASK: This is a brief description of what the student will be trying to accomplish in this web quest.

PROCESS: This section provides the student with resources that they will need in order to accomplish their research. It lays out the process they will follow through their research.

EVALUATION: This page is intended for both the instructor as well as the student. Students may use this rubric to self evaluate their project to ensure it meets all necessary requirements.

CONCLUSION: Students will present their results from the experiment to their peers as well as attempt to answer a conclusion question

Assessment

Students will be assessed by creating a visual presentation that explains the concepts addressed. Their presentation will be graded by using the provided rubric located on the Evaluation page.