Whenever a velocity changes, we say that an acceleration is taking place. This includes the cases that the object is speeding up, slowing down, or changing the direction of its motion.

Main pages in this section	Estimated time required
Soup Delivery	30 minutes
Rolling Down Hill	30 minutes
Science content: Acceleration	30 minutes
Discussion of the unit on Acceleration	30 minutes

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• Force scale*
• board with hook *
• track section *
• steel ball *
• measuring tape *
• stop watch *
• arrow markers *
• circular bubble level *

Supplementary material:

Why study acceleration?
More about acceleration

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