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Motion in a straight line

Teacher guide Motion in a straight line

TLF ID M014001

This is a teacher resource for motion in a straight line consisting of a website and a PDF with identical content. It contains discussion of the concepts of position, displacement, velocity, acceleration and speed. It shows how these concepts may be used to motivate the study of calculus and at the same time demonstrate its utility. The Links forward section considers a brief discussion of vector calculus. The resource is important for an understanding of calculus. A history of motion in a straight line is presented.

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Educational value
  • This is a valuable resource that supports the teaching of calculus and the related content of Mathematical Methods.
  • The content of the resource enables teachers to become familiar with the fundamental ideas of calculus. It is a useful resource that both motivates and explains many concepts in calculus.
  • It is particularly relevant for the topic Introduction to calculus of the Australian Curriculum subject Mathematical Methods and serves as an introduction to some of the ideas of the topic Vectors in three dimensions of the Australian Curriculum subject Specialist Mathematics.
Year level

11; 12

Topics Motion Differentiation (Functions) Integration (Functions)
Learning area
  • Mathematics

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
  • Organization: Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
  • Description: Creator
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.amsi.org.au/
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organization: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organization: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
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  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Online
  • Text
Rights
  • © 2013 Education Services Australia Ltd, unless otherwise indicated. This material may be copied, distributed and adapted free of charge for non-commercial educational purposes, provided all copyright notices and acknowledgements are retained.