This lesson contains 19 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Items in this lesson
Slide 1 - Map
Describe where you right now?
How far are you from the nearest hospital?
How far are you from the neraest market?
Slide 2 - Slide
What do all these descriptions have in common?
Slide 3 - Open question
OBJECTIVES
Describe a refernce point
analyze the dependance of object's position on a reference point
Slide 4 - Slide
Where is the alphabet K ?
Slide 5 - Open question
Reference point
A reference point is the starting point you choose to describe the location, or position, of an object.
Slide 6 - Slide
Slide 7 - Slide
Analyze
1.What is the object in motion?
2. Which is the reference point?
3. which direction is the bird moving?
Slide 8 - Slide
Visual learning
Where is the bicycle positioned?
Slide 9 - Slide
Position
A position is an objects distance and direction from a reference point.
Slide 10 - Slide
Describe the position of any object in the figure given
Slide 11 - Open question
Position includes
distance
direction
reference point
Slide 12 - Slide
If you tell someone that the swing set in this park is about 10 meters from the dead tree in the direction of the oak tree, which is the reference point?
A
the oak tree
B
the swing set
C
the dead tree
D
ten meters
Slide 13 - Quiz
If the library is 2 blocks east of the park and 3 blocks west of the school, where is the school relative to the park?
A
1 block east
B
1 block west
C
5 blocks west
D
5 blocks east
Slide 14 - Quiz
Which of the following requires knowing only distance, direction, and a reference point?
A
speed
B
position
C
acceleration
D
velocity
Slide 15 - Quiz
Something is in motion if it __________.
A
changes the position
B
changes state
C
changes properties
D
changes distance
Slide 16 - Quiz
Find each building’s reference direction and distance. West is the specified reference direction.Then use a reference point and the distance to give directions from the post office to the mall.