Slow Fast

In this activity, students create an animation of a character exhibiting four distinct motions -- slow, fast, speeding up, slowing down

Activity Details

Grade Level: All

Age: Any

Content: Introduction to motion terminology

Objectives:

•  To determine how a student  represents the everyday terms of slow and fast as well as "speeding up" and "slowing down"
• To create an artifact that can be used in subsequent activities when definitions of speed, velocity, and acceleration are introduced

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