Checking and securing understanding of drawing distance-time graphs
I can draw a distance-time graph to model a journey.
Checking and securing understanding of drawing distance-time graphs
I can draw a distance-time graph to model a journey.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- You can sketch a graph based on the information you have been given.
- Important given values should be marked on your sketch.
- On a distance-time graph, a horizontal line means no distance was travelled for that time.
- A slanted line means that the distance from the start is changing over time.
Keywords
Displacement - Displacement is the distance from the starting point when measured in a straight line.
Common misconception
Leaving out key information when sketching graphs.
Although sketches do not need to be to scale they do need to contain all key information. Getting pupils to write these on as coordinate pairs is the clearest way. Sketches still have to be useful for the purpose of a model.
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