GRADIENT AND AREA

UNDER A GRAPH
By Pn Choy Mun Wei 9th March 2017 _ 5 Mawar
 Understand and use the concept of quantity
represented by the gradient of a graph

Success Criteria
Students are successful if they are able to
1) Interpret the gradient of 3 distance-time graph through activity
2) Find the speed for a period of time from a distance-time graph through
activity
SET INDUCTION
 M TI N
DISTANCE TIME SPEED ACCELERATION

GRAPH
 ACTIVITY
COLLABARATIVE ACTIVITY 1
 INSTRUCTION
Each group will be given 1 distance-time graph poster
and 9 story cards (in the envelope).
In your group, take a story and find a graph that
matches it.
Take turns at matching pairs of cards. Each time you
do this, explain your thinking clearly and carefully.
Once your group finished the task, kindly shout out
your group number.
The group that take the shortest time and complete
the task correctly will be considered as the WINNER.
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5 Tom left his home for a run, but he 9 After the party, Tom walked slowly 4 Tom walked slowly along the road,
was unfit and gradually came to a all the way home. stopped to look at his watch,
stop! realized he was late, and then
started running.
2 Opposite Toms home is a hill.
Tom climbed slowly up the hill,
walked across the top, and then
ran quickly down the other side
6 Tom walked to the store at the end
of his street, bought a newspaper,
and then ran all the way back.
3 Tom skateboarded from his
house, gradually building up
speed. He slowed down to avoid
some rough ground, but then
speeded up again.
1 Tom ran from his home to the bus
stop and waited. He realized that
he had missed the bus so he
walked home.
8 This graph is just plain wrong.
How can Tom be in two places at
once?
7 Tom went out for a walk with some
friends. He suddenly realized he
had left his wallet behind. He ran
home to get it and then had to run
to catch up with the others.
 SUMMARY FROM ACTIVITY 1

A straight line with A straight line with A horizontal line

A curved line
positive gradient negative gradient with zero gradient
as as as
An object moving An object moving An object moving An object moving
at a constant at a constant is at rest or is accelerating
speed. speed but in stationary. or decelerating.
opposite direction.

indicates
Relating factor
ACTIVITY
Pair Work 2
 Hare accelerated for the first 2min
and starts to have stomachache.
So he ran back steadily to the toilet
at the Starting Point for the next
2min.
Hare stayed in toilet for 5min.
Then, hare accelerated to the
Finishing Point 10m away in 4 min.
To his dismay, it was a draw match
again, as the tortoise was slow and
steady throughout the 13min.
 Distance / m
Hare accelerated for the first 2min
and starts to have stomachache.
So he ran back steadily to the
toilet at the Starting Point for the
10
next 2min.
Hare stayed in toilet for 5min.
Then, hare accelerated to the
Finishing Point 10m away in 4
min.
To his dismay, it was a draw
match again, as the tortoise was
slow and steady throughout the 0 2 4 9 13

13min. Time / min

 Question:
Distance / m
1) What is the average speed, in ms-1 of
the hare for the last 4 minutes?
10
Answer : = 0.042 1
460
10
2) What is the average speed, in ms-1
the hare? Will it be equal to the
average speed of the tortoise?
Explain.
10
Answer : = 0.013 1.
1360
Yes. Because the total distance
0 2 4 9 13 travelled and the total time taken is
Time / min the same for hare and tortoise.
SUMMARY

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THANKS!
Any questions?