Unit 7: The Body in Motion

Learner Objectives

1. Define position, velocity, and acceleration and explain how they are related.[1]
2. Define free-fall acceleration and calculate the drag force on objects moving through fluids.[3]
3.  Translate motion graphs into descriptions of motion in terms of position, velocity and acceleration. Translate descriptions of motion into motion graphs.[2]
4. Apply  kinematics and Newton’s Second Law of Motion to analyze and predict 1-D motion.[3]