Lesson: Acceleration Science

In this lesson, we will learn how to determine the accelerations of objects that change the speed at which they move.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

recall that acceleration is a quantity that expresses a change in speed per second,
use ,
recall that acceleration can be measured in units of m/s²,
recognize that uniform acceleration means that an object’s speed changes by the same amount in equal time intervals.

Lesson Presentation

Lesson Video

Lesson Explainer

Lesson Worksheet

Q1:

Fill in the blank: If the speed of a moving object does not change, the acceleration of the object must be .

Q2:

The following images show the positions of objects at times one second apart. The objects start from rest. Which image shows an object that has uniform acceleration?

Q3:

Fill in the blank: If an object has a uniform speed of zero, the acceleration of the object zero.