Lesson Plan: Scalars, Vectors, and Directed Line Segments Mathematics • 12th Grade
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to recognize, construct, and express directed line segments.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- understand the difference between scalars and vectors,
- understand the terms initial point and terminal point of a vector,
- describe vectors using initial and terminal points,
- identify equivalent and opposite vectors,
- find either the initial or the terminal point given the other and the vector connecting both points,
- solve simple vector problems.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- identifying a point on a coordinate grid.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- vectors in 3D,
- points in 3D.