20 - Velocity Acceleration

What is the role of the derivative in the real world?

Practice

Handout

Vocabulary

Average rate of change, Instantaneous rate of change, Displacement, Speed vs Velocity

Study Questions

  1. What is the association between speed and velocity?
  2. What is the difference between distance traveled vs displacement?
  3. When is a particle speeding up or slowing down based on velocity and acceleration?

Resources

  1. Link: Desmos - Velocity Acceleration
  2. Link: Desmos - Turtle Crossing
  3. Slide Deck: Lesson-20-Motion-Along-a-Straight-Line