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Describing the journey of a cargo ship from a distance-time graph
This resource provides a series of activities which develop pupils' skills interpreting distance-time graphs and using them to calculate the speed of an object. The initial task ask pupils to interpret a distance-time graph qualitatively which is followed by a quick quiz to check pupils understanding of distance, time and speed; the units that are used, and how speed is calculated.
A subsequent task introduces how to calculate speed from the gradient of a graph and relate the answer to what the object might be, thereby giving a context to the value. An additional task demonstrates how acceleration and deceleration appears on distance-time graphs.
The final tasks ask pupils to consolidate all they have learned by describing the journey of a cargo ship from a distance-time graph both qualitatively and quantitatively, and drawing a distance-time graph from the description of the movement of a robot in a warehouse.
The activity includes:
- teacher notes
- adaptable presentation
- adaptable student activity sheet
- suggested responses
Further education resources that link the world of logistics to suitable lessons and subjects in school can be found on the Generation Logistics Education Hub.
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