Teach: A.1 Displacement and velocity
This is usually the first unit. We introduce distance, displacement, speed, and velocity. An emphasis is placed on the difference between scalars and vectors, and students learn how to work with vectors. Aims Students will be able to: text Considerations This unit is all about vectors and scalars. Many textbooks start with a list of which quantities are vectors and which are scalars. I prefer to reveal this as the...