Moving Man (Inquiry Based) A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines.





Title Moving Man (Inquiry Based)
Description The students will use the simulation to learn the goals through an inquiry approach. There is a pre/post test provided. Learning Goal: Students will be able to accurately interpret and draw position, velocity and acceleration graphs for common situations. Also they will be able to use their own reasoning explain why the graphs look the way. Also, I have included how the lesson maps to the PhET Activity Guidelines
Subject Physics
Level High School
Type Concept Questions, Lab
Duration 30 minutes
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords Motion, accleration, graph, math, phet activity, position, velocity
Simulation(s) The Moving Man


Author(s) Trish Loeblein
Contact Email patricia.loeblein@colorado.edu
School / Organization PhET CU Boulder
Date submitted 7/30/05
Date updated 7/7/13