Motion Reflection

Motion Reflection

Before we started motion I didn't know anything about it.  However, now that I have finished the chapter about motion and learned about everything in the chapter I know a lot more about motion than I did before. I learned many things. The first thing is that an object is in motion when its distance from another object is changing. I also learned different ways to calculate motion. For example average speed, instantaneous speed, velocity, acceleration, and much more. I learned that the motion of an object is determined by its reference point. For example a moving car is in motion in reference to a tree. I also learned about plate tectonics and how they are constantly in motion in reference to the equator. I also learned that in order to predict how much a plate will move in a certain amount of time you must multiply the plate's speed by its time. In order to help us learn about all of this material we used mind maps and took notes. The mind map really helped me organise my thoughts and see what I had learned, clearly. At the start of this chapter I thought that I wouldn't enjoy it as there was no live science involved. The outcome was the exact opposite. Overall, I really enjoyed learning about this chapter and I now understand what motion is.

Nina Carlos