Graph Match Student Worksheet

Graph 1:

Line has a steep negative slope for the first segment, and is then horizontal, finally a shallow positive slope for the last segment.

Description:

Video

Free Body Diagrams


Graph 2

The plot starts off horizontal. It has a quick positively sloped segment followed by a quick negatively sloped segment and then returns to horizontal.

Description:

Video

Free Body Diagrams


Graph 3

The plot is positively sloped the entire way, the first segment is more steeply sloped than the second.

Description:

Video

Free Body Diagrams


Scoring Rubric

Section

Poor

Fair

Excellent

Word Description

___15pts

The student’s description is only partly correct. Relative velocities are not mentioned or inaccurate, only direction.

The student’s description mostly fits each segment of the graph, relative velocities are off or not consistently mentioned.

The student’s description fits each segment of the graph perfectly, both in direction and magnitude of the object velocity relative to the other motion present.

Video

____15pts

The motions displayed in the videos are poor fits for the models.

The videos show motions that mostly fit the models

The videos show motions that perfectly fits the models.

Free Body Diagrams

____30pts

Some free body diagrams are absent, or many parts of the diagrams in error.

Each motion and the transition between each motion is matched to a free body diagram. Some aspects of the free body diagrams are missing.

Each motion and the transition between each motion is correctly matched to a free body diagram with all relevant forces have proper relative magnitude and direction.

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