Representing Position and Change in Position using Vectors
The Vector Adventure
Today we will be exploring the school to determine the relative position of locations within the school, the distance between them, and how far out of place you must go to get from one to another. We will do this using measuring tapes, stopwatches and compasses.
Learning Goals:
- At the end of this lesson you should be able to:
- Describe location of one place relative to another.
- Draw a vector addition diagram to scale.
- Measure the magnitude and direction of a displacement vector.
- Describe the differences between position and displacement, and distance and displacement.
You will need to following sheet: The Vector Adventure
If you are curious about how you will be evaluated, please view the success criteria.
Day 5 - February 8, 2019
Vectors & Vector Addition
I would like you to do the following:
- Continue to draw your vector diagram from yesterday. If you were not at school yesterday, have one of your table mates share their data with you.
- Draw the measured vectors as a path (like the green vectors drawn on the second page of this diagram).
- Draw an overall displacement vector for each path (like the dashed red vector I drew on the above diagram)
- This diagram shows the actual directions of the hallways. Please confirm that your measured directions agree.
- Work on the worksheet given to you by your supply teacher.
- A digital copy is provided here.
- Open The Physics Classroom - Name That Vector (interactive), and attempt the 12 questions given to you on screen. If you have to make a sketch, please do so. Remember to:
- draw your vectors tip to tail.
- the resultant vector starts where the first vector begins and ends where the last vector ends.
February 11, 2019
Drawing Vectors & Vector Diagrams
- After we finished, we went to this page and came up with some answers to the first four questions.
- Your homework is to create 4 vector addition diagrams for questions in the above link.
Took up the vector drawing sheet that you received on Friday. Link
Learning Goals:
- At the end of this lesson you should be able to:
- Describe the properties of a vector.
- Draw a vector to scale.
As you work through today's lesson, please take note of new ideas or new terminology.
Links on this page will open in the same window. You'll probably want to open them in a new tab to keep access to your notes.
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Open 1.1.00 - Intro to Kinematics and Vector Addition and complete the note from what you're reading. You will have to make a copy of the document.
- Go to the links provided in the document and answer the attached questions.