Speed and Velocity STEMscopes Lesson 2025

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Science

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6th - 8th Grade

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NGSS

MS-PS3-1, MS-PS3-5

Standards-aligned

Frankey Brewer

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23 Slides • 28 Questions

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blank: To calculate average speed, you need to know the distance traveled and the

it took to travel that distance.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are needed to calculate the speed of an object?

Distance traveled

Time taken

Object's mass

Object's color

Drag and Drop

What do we use to measure distance/ length?(choose all that apply)

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

inches

feet

miles

meters

seconds

hours

minutes

Match

Match the following scenarios with their speeds.

20 m/s

2 m/s

32 m/s

A car travels 400 m in 20 seconds.

A person walks 40 m in 20 seconds.

A cyclist covers 320 m in 10 seconds.

Labeling

fill in the magic triangle to calculate SPEED

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

S- SPEED

D- DISTANCE

T- TIME

Math Response

If an airplane travels 500 km in 5 hours, what is the average speed?

Type answer here

Deg^°

Rad

Multiple Choice

A very fast zombie was chasing after Bob to eat him. What was the zombie's speed if he traveled 36 meters in 6 seconds?

6 meters/seconds

6 seconds/meters

216 meters/second

36 meters

Fill in the Blanks

Both swimmers swam at the same speed even though they travelled different distances. Fill in the blank: The speed of both swimmers was

m/s.

Math Response

150 miles at 50 mph: What is the time

Type answer here

Deg^°

Rad

Math Response

A girl cycles for 3hrs at a speed of 40 km/h. What distance did she travel?

Type answer here

Deg^°

Rad

Multiple Choice

Who had the fastest average speed for the entire race?

Swimmer 1

Swimmer 2

Match

Students roll a marble down a ramp and measure the time it takes the marble to travel to points along the path. Calculate the speed at each point. Round to the tenths place.

Point A

Point B

Point C

Point D

62.5 cm/s

67.8 cm/s

76.9 cm/s

71.1 cm/s

Multiple Choice

Joe rides his bike from point A to point B and then on to point C. What is the total distance traveled?

12 m

43 m

7 m

12 m

Multiple Choice

Joe rides from point A to B to C. What is the displacement?

7 m

12 m

5 m

2 m

Multiple Choice

Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Bill's displacement?

0 meters

400 meters

800 meters

1600 meters

Multiple Choice

Bill runs 400 meters to Andy's house, turns around, and runs 400 meters back home. What is Bill's distance?

0 meters

400 meters

800 meters

1600 meters

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements about velocity are correct?

Velocity includes both speed and direction.

Velocity is calculated using displacement, not distance.

Velocity and speed are always the same.

Velocity is the shortest distance between two points divided by time.

Multiple Choice

Which is a velocity?

5m/s

8m/s/s

12m/s N

15m/s

Multiple Choice

If a student walks 60 meters to their friend's house in 6 minutes, what is their velocity?

10 meters per minute southwest

10 meters per minute north

60 meters per minute southwest

6 meters per minute southwest

Multiple Choice

Based on the examples provided, what are two key components that must be included when describing velocity?

Speed and direction

Speed and acceleration

Distance and time

Force and mass

Fill in the Blanks

If a runner completes a lap around a track and finishes at the same place they started, what is their displacement and why?

Type answer...

Multiple Choice

If the man and the ball travels 90 m in 9 seconds, what is their average speed?

10 m/s

180 m/s

99 m/s

10 meters

Drag and Drop

Velocity is

in a given

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Speed

Direction.

Drag and Drop

Objects moving with circular motion are

because direction is constantly changing

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velocitizing

never accelerating

mass

constantly accelerating

Multiple Choice

65mi/hr South is an example of...

Speed

Velocity

Acceleration

Direction

Multiple Choice

How long was a car traveling if it went 90 miles at a speed of 45 mi/hr?

1 hour

2 hours

3 hours

4 hours

Dropdown

The speed of the blue line is

Dropdown

"This airplane is traveling at 500 mph, West" is an example of

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