Vector Addition "Road Trip" Lab Activity
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Grade Levels
10th - 12th
Subjects
Resource Type
Formats Included
- Word Document File
Pages
6 pages
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What educators are saying
This was a great resource to help students practice with vectors! My students took a lot longer on it than I expected, so I ended up doing only the first "road trip".
Description
Overview:
In this activity, students will use both the tip-to-tail graphing method and the analytical components method of vector addition in order to determine the resultant displacement of two, cross-country, trips which each have three individual "legs."
Materials:
Ruler, Protractor, Pencil, Calculator, Handout
Total Pages
6 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
2 hours
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