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title: "SP1: Motion as Functions of Time (Georgia Science standard)"
code: SP1
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, SP1
subject: science
grades:
  - high-school
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# SP1: Motion as Functions of Time

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the relationship between distance, displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration as functions of time.

- Subject: Science
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SP1.a**: Plan and carry out an investigation of one-dimensional motion to calculate average and instantaneous speed and velocity. * Analyze one-dimensional problems involving changes of direction, using algebraic signs to represent vector direction. * Apply one-dimensional kinematic equations to situations with no acceleration, and positive, or negative constant acceleration.
- **SP1.b**: Analyze and interpret data using created or obtained motion graphs to illustrate the relationships among position, velocity, and acceleration, as functions of time.
- **SP1.c**: Ask questions to compare and contrast scalar and vector quantities.
- **SP1.d**: Analyze and interpret data of two-dimensional motion with constant acceleration. * Resolve position, velocity, or acceleration vectors into components (x and y, horizontal and vertical). * Add vectors graphically and mathematically by adding components. * Interpret problems to show that objects moving in two dimensions have independent motions along each coordinate axis. * Design an experiment to investigate the projectile motion of an object by collecting and analyzing data using kinematic equations. * Predict and describe how changes to initial conditions affect the resulting motion. * Calculate range and time in the air for a horizontally launched projectile.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.