Acceleration
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Learning Objectives
- Students will understand acceleration as change in velocity over time
- Students will calculate acceleration from velocity and time data
- Students will recognize that acceleration is a vector quantity
Core Concepts
- Acceleration: rate of change of velocity
- Acceleration due to change in speed OR direction or both
- Uniform acceleration: constant acceleration