Lesson: Graphing Speed Physics • First Year of Secondary School

In this lesson, we will learn how to interpret graphs of distance and time and graphs of speed and time that represent the motion of objects.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

recognize how the horizontal and diagonal lines on a speed–time graph represent the variation in the speed of an object with time,
recognize how the horizontal and diagonal lines on a distance–time graph represent the variation in the speed of an object with time,
recognize how the horizontal and diagonal lines on a speed–time graph represent the variation in the distance traveled by an object with time,
calculate speeds from gradients of distance–time graphs,
calculate distances from areas under the line of speed–time graphs.