10-7

Today in Mr. Manning's 7th period physics class we did many things. The day's objectives were to check homework, answer the daily question, and review the homework and work on a class activity. The homework that Mr.Manning checked was called More on XT Graphs. This homework was follow up questions and scenarios that dealt with the lab that we did on Monday. After he checked the homework, we discussed the answers to the daily questions. Some of the questions; were who was the fastest walker, who was the slowest walker, what does the Y-intercept mean, who walked at the most constant speed. After we answered the questions, we discussed the answers to the homework. The homework dealt with average speed and average velocity. We learned that average speed= distance/ time. Average velocity= change in distance/ time. We also learned that average velocity has a direction in the answer and average speed does not. It took most of the period to discuss the answers to the homework and understand the concepts on average speed and velocity. In fact it took so much time; we did not have time for the class activity. Mr. Manning decided to give us the rest of the period to work on our homework assignment. The homework for tonight is to complete the average speed and average velocity problems. The problems on the homework are different real life situations that relate to average speed and average velocity. It is nice to see that physics can pertain to real life in different shapes and forms.