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Distance-time graph inquiry
This sequence of lessons explores how well students understand the relationship between distance and time, through interpreting distance and time graphs. This is achieved by figuring out the displacement and acceleration of an object, determining speed and velocity. The lessons are accompanied by a PowerPoint and a student prompt sheet.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
|---|---|
| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment task, Student task, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Feedback, Mathematics investigation, Questioning, Worked examples |
| Keywords | distance, time, speed, veloctiy, displacement, acceleration, negative and positive acceleration |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | English, Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding |
| Topics | Addition and subtraction, Data representation and interpretation, Integers, Time, Using units of measurement |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7A04
Describe relationships between variables represented in graphs of functions from authentic data |
| Numeracy progression |
Measuring time (P7)
Number patterns and algebraic thinking (P7) Interpreting and representing data (P6) |
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| Organisation | Inquiry Maths |
| Copyright | © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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