Astronomy/Space
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Animating Motion
Curriculum Focus: Space Science, engineering, math, physics Duration: 2 hours |
| Objective:apply your knowledge of object motion by animating sequences of pictures that model a set of physical conditions, such as the orbital motion of planets and satellites, the effects of gravity on a falling body, and motions of objects in inertial (moving) frames of reference. | Materials: scissors, photo-copier for offline activities (to make digital versions students will need access to Windows MovieMaker or some type of video creation software). | In this activity students will: * Animate the orbital motions of the Earth, the space shuttle, and the Moon based on calculations of the velocity of each object (Challenge #1). * Animate the motion of a falling object based on calculations of acceleration due to the force of Earth’s gravity (Challenge #2). * Animate the motion of a car, truck, and plane based on relative motions in a particular reference frame (Challenge #3) |
Try each of the challenges listed here to practice graphing and animating the motions of objects:
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