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Funding this project will allow my students an opportunity to blend math and science kinesthetically by exploring motion and graphing simultaneously. In this activity, my students will collect and analyze real-world motion data, such as distance, velocity and acceleration. They will learn about slope, determining slope, distance vs. time graphs, relate distance-velocity graphs, and relate velocity-acceleration graphs. Working in teams using the TI-84 graphing calculators already in my classroom and the CBR2 motion detectors you will be funding, my students will be challenged to match the provided graphs and equations with the output they will create using the detector, which will be displayed on their calculators. They will hypothesize particular outcomes and prove them correct/incorrect using the detectors. Finally, my students will be able to compare/contrast the graphs of distance, velocity, and acceleration. Understanding the slope of a line at a point is important to mathematics and all sorts of engineering applications. Slope can be viewed as the rate of change of motion. Mechanical engineers deal with the motion of vehicles, such as cars, planes, spacecraft and motor scooters. It is important for them to be able to read and understand graphs that show displacement, velocity and acceleration, and then to analyze test data to learn how to design their products to be efficient and safe. My students need your help! They are the engineers of the future! By providing these real life experiences, they will gain a greater understanding and deeper knowledge to successfully apply outside of the classroom rather than just with theoretical problems. Through this activity, my students will have the confidence they need to succeed. Thank you for helping my students become the BEST they can be!!

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Funding this project will allow my students an opportunity to blend math and science kinesthetically by exploring motion and graphing simultaneously. In this activity, my students will collect and analyze real-world motion data, such as distance, velocity and acceleration. They will learn about slope, determining slope, distance vs. time graphs, relate distance-velocity graphs, and relate velocity-acceleration graphs. Working in teams using the TI-84 graphing calculators already in my classroom and the CBR2 motion detectors you will be funding, my students will be challenged to match the provided graphs and equations with the output they will create using the detector, which will be displayed on their calculators. They will hypothesize particular outcomes and prove them correct/incorrect using the detectors. Finally, my students will be able to compare/contrast the graphs of distance, velocity, and acceleration. Understanding the slope of a line at a point is important to mathematics and all sorts of engineering applications. Slope can be viewed as the rate of change of motion. Mechanical engineers deal with the motion of vehicles, such as cars, planes, spacecraft and motor scooters. It is important for them to be able to read and understand graphs that show displacement, velocity and acceleration, and then to analyze test data to learn how to design their products to be efficient and safe. My students need your help! They are the engineers of the future! By providing these real life experiences, they will gain a greater understanding and deeper knowledge to successfully apply outside of the classroom rather than just with theoretical problems. Through this activity, my students will have the confidence they need to succeed. Thank you for helping my students become the BEST they can be!!

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