Speed
Helpful before this lesson
- Not completed: Distance and Displacement
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Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to calculate average speed from distance and time
- Students will understand that speed is a scalar quantity
- Students will distinguish between average and instantaneous speed
Core Concepts
- Speed: distance traveled per unit time
- Average speed: total distance / total time
- Instantaneous speed: speed at a specific moment