This tutorial, developed for high school physics students, uses
multiple graphs and animations to study the relationship between
the motion of an object and its graph of Velocity vs. Time.
Users explore the relationship between position and velocity,
positive and negative velocities, slope and shape of graphs, and
acceleration. Interactive self-evaluations are included. See
Related Materials for an accompanying lab by the same author.
This item is part of The Physics Classroom, a comprehensive set
of tutorials and multimedia resources for high school physics.
Editor's Note:Education research indicates that many students
have difficulty differentiating velocity and acceleration, and
often plot velocity graphs as the path of an object. See Related
Materials for a free research-based diagnostic tool to probe
misconceptions related to velocity. 6-8: 4F/M3b. If a force acts
towards a single center, the object's path may curve into an
orbit around the center. 9-12: 4F/H1. The change in motion
(direction or speed) o