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Pt1420 Unit 1

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In Unit 1, many topics and concepts about motion were covered. We started out with the basic ideas of motion into much harder ideas. Before that though, we learned how to read graphs to determine their mathematical expression and the keywords needed to understand motion. Such words includes position, velocity, acceleration, displacement, speed, instantaneous velocity, etc. Building off of that idea, we went on learning how to draw and describe acceleration arrows, motion maps, x, and v, and graphs based on the given scenario. Furthermore, we also learned how to calculate position and slope. We know that to calculate the position, the equation is position= (velocity) (time) + initial position and that the slope is the change in position over …show more content…

This concept particularly stood out to me because when we started learning how to do this, I didn’t quite understand. As I got more and more help from Yenmin, I started to see where these ideas are coming from even though I still struggle. However, a concept that made me really think is when it came down to kinematic equation. Although the idea of kinematic equation seem easy when it was being taught in class, it still took a while for me to grasp on where each and every part of the equation came from and to understand the true meaning and importance. In the end of this though, I learned that it wasn’t that hard than I thought it was. In physics, I struggle a lot. Even though the idea of drawing and describing acceleration arrows, motion maps, x, and v, and graphs based on the given scenario stood out to me, I still struggle with that. Now that I am 2 months smarter, the advice that I would have given to my past self to be successful in physics is to try harder and to not be afraid to ask for help because Physics is not an easy concept. It is hard to expect that you’ll understand physics right when you learn it. It takes time and patient. In the next unit, my plan for success is to put more effort in Physics and to not give up

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