Unit+2+-+Constant+Velocity+Particle+Model

In Unit 2, students analyze the motion of a battery powered buggy. They learn about relative motion and frame of reference. They create the mathematical model for constant velocity motion.

For the practicum, they are given two buggies and told to take enough measurement to be able to describe the motion of each buggy. Then they are given their task, to find the meeting place of two buggies started a certain distance apart and traveling towards each other. Each group has different buggies and a different starting distance.

Dueling Buggies Practicum