Motion Graph Story Book Project

Goal

• Create a storybook, cartoon, or animation displaying constant and accelerated motion.

Your Project Must Have….

• Simple story plotline• Illustrations :D• At least 5 different motions– At least 2 constant velocity– At least 2 accelerated motion

• Each motion must have– Displacement vs. time graph– Velocity vs. time graph– Acceleration vs. time graph

Example Story“The Hungry Bug”

Darcy the lady bug was a happy little bug. One day, she decided to take a walk to the nearby park. She left her home and crawled at a clam, constant pace. She then slowed down to a stop and sat on a park bench to enjoy the sun. She remained there and enjoyed her lunch for most of the afternoon. After she was finished, she remembered she had an appointment to meet her friend Lucky. She calmly walked back to her home and then quickly speed off away from her home until she came to a rest at her friends house.

Displacement vs. Time GraphsD

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acem

ent

Time

A

BC

D

E

Velocity vs. Time GraphsVe

loci

ty

Time

A

B

C

D

E

Acceleration vs. Time GraphsAc

cele

ratio

n

Time

A

B

C D

E

Scoring RubricMotions Story Plot Illustration d vs. t graph V vs. t graph a vs. t Care/Creativity

0 Less than 3

motions

Not Present Not present

Not present Not present Sloppy, unfinished

1 Only 3 motions

Plot confusing and disorganized

Not clear what

illustration is

displaying.

Lacks more than one

component or makes

one mistake

Lacks more than one

component or makes one

mistake

Lacks more than one

component or makes one

mistake

Project is “Bare-boned.”

2 Only 4 motions

Inconsistent plot without graphs.

Only illustration is clear, but

sloppy.

Lacks one component

or makes one mistake

Lacks one component

or makes one mistake

Lacks one component or

makes one mistake

Some creativity/care,

but did not attempt to “think outside the box”

3 5 Motions

Clear and understandable

plot

Illustration is clear and

displays something relevant to

the plot.

Includes all labels,

displays motion

clearly and matches

plot.

Includes all labels,

displays motion

clearly and matches plot.

Includes all labels, displays motion clearly and matches

plot.

Care was clearly put into the

project.

EXAMPLE STUDENT PROJECTON CONSTANT MOTION ONLY

Motion Graph Story Book

ProjectJasmine McDowell

• Jane was really early one day for school and decided to make a couple of trips around the school.

• She went up a flight of stairs at a constant rate taking her time.

• When on the top floor she stopped and talked to a teach for twice as long as it took her to go up the stairs.

• She went back down the stairs at the same speed stopping halfway to talk to a friend for the same amount of time it took her to go up the stairs, then continued down to the main floor.

• There she stopped to eat a muffin for the same amount of time it took to talk to the teacher.

• From there she walked down another flight of stairs, at the same constant speed as the first time, to check on a project.

• She stayed there for half the time it took her to eat the muffin.

• Then ran up three flights of stairs to get to her first class, twice as fast as the time it took her to work on her project .

Position-Time Graph

Velocity-Time Graph