written by Gayle Kirwin

This guide to a workshop for primary teachers provides an introduction to the concepts of motion and forces. It is designed to provide teachers with an inquiry-based learning experience to the basic concepts of distance, speed, velocity, and acceleration. It also includes a brief introduction to forces and inertia. It is part of the Operation Primary Physical Science materials.

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Last Modified June 23, 2005

This is the worksheet for participants that is used with the Moving Objects workshop.

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Published August 1, 2000
Last Modified June 23, 2005

This supplemental document is available to members of the following Physics Front groups:
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This file provides a conceptual, short answer test to accompany the Moving Objects workshop. It is password protected so that teachers can use it for assessment in their class. If you are a teacher interested in using this assessment, please contact the ComPADRE webmaster.

• .doc file (83 kb Word Document)

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Published August 1, 2000
Last Modified April 21, 2006

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This supplemental document is available to members of the following Physics Front groups:
  Compadre Staff
  OPPS Document Access
If you have an account with permission to access this file, please login to access this restricted file.

This document provides grading rubrics for common answers to the questions in the Moving Objects workshop. It is password protected so that teachers can use it for assessment in their class. If you are a teacher interested in using these rubrics, please contact the ComPADRE webmaster.

• .doc file (56 kb Word Document)

Released under a This document has no restrictions provided copyright information is retained.

Published August 1, 2000
Last Modified April 21, 2006

This file has previous versions.