Chapter 4 – Linear Motion
Capacity Matrix
Physics Fall Semester
Approximate Time Line: 8 class periods
Track your progress. Turn in the matrix at the end of the unit.
Learner Targets / Activity / Tracker / Evidence / Level reached
1 2 3 4
§  Explain how you can tell an object is moving (4.1) / - PowerPoint Presentation (notes)
- Study Guide-Section 4.1
§  Describe how you can calculate speed. (4.2) / - PowerPoint Presentation and Study Guide-Section 4.2
- Domino Effect Lab
- Concept-Development Practice Page 4-1
- Distance vs. Time Graph Activity
- Distance vs. Time WkSht
§  Distinguish between speed and velocity. (4.3) / -PowerPoint Presentation and Study Guide-Section 4.3
-Formula Challenge
§  Describe how you can calculate acceleration. (4.4) / - PowerPoint Presentation and Study Guide-Section 4.4
-Acceleration Calculations WkSht
§  Describe the acceleration of an object in free fall. (4.5) / -PowerPoint Presentation and Study Guide-Section 4.5
-Gravity and Acceleration WkSht
-Reaction Time Lab
§  Describe how the distance fallen per second changes for an object in free fall. (4.6) / -PowerPoint Presentation and Study Guide-Section 4.6
- Concept-Development Practice Page 4-2
§  Describe what the slope of a speed-versus-time graph represents. (4.7) / - PowerPoint Presentation and Study Guide-Section 4.7
-Speed vs. Time Graph Activity
§  Describe how air resistance affects the motion of a falling object. (4.8) / -PowerPoint Presentation and Study Guide-Section 4.8
-Gravity Lab
§  Explain the relationship between velocity and acceleration. (4.9) / -PowerPoint Presentation and Study Guide-Section 4.9
-Motion: Speed, Velocity and Acceleration Problem Packet
Cumulative assessment of the learner targets / Review / Unit Test I
I understood the learner targets in this unit: / Very well and I can teach them / Fairly well. I need to practice more on my own / I need help on:
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