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AS 9702 · 2.1 · Kinematics · Lesson bundle

The equations of motion (suvat)

The kinematics workhorse, made lesson-ready: derive the four equations for uniform acceleration from a velocity-time graph, then choose the right one fast by spotting the missing quantity, with a clean sign convention for deceleration. Plan, worksheet with answers, slides, and a Jigsaw activity with a full facilitation guide, built around the velocity-time graph and the site simulation Free Fall and the Equations of Motion.

Syllabus
9702, 2.1
Level
AS
Duration
60 minutes
Activity
Jigsaw
Core visual
The velocity-time graph
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Every part, two ways

Each part of the bundle opens right here on the site, projectable in any browser, and downloads as an editable file, never a locked PDF. Adapt them to your set, your timing and your school's calendar.

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Lesson plan

The 60-minute plan, with the graph derivations, choosing by the missing quantity, deceleration and signs, two worked examples, examiner traps and differentiation.

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Worksheet and answers

Original AS questions across recall, one equation each, choose and solve, deceleration with signs and reasoning, with a full worked answer key.

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Slides

Your actual slides, presented right in the browser, with the live simulation linked beneath; the download is fully editable.

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21st century skills activity

A Jigsaw with four expert cards, one per equation, plus a home-group quiz and a teacher answer key, with the PIES rationale and a facilitation guide so it runs faithfully.

The matching topic page and simulation

Send learners to the lesson online

This bundle pairs with the student topic page Equations of motion, which carries the interactive explanation, and with the site simulation Free Fall and the Equations of Motion, which applies suvat to a falling object so learners can test the equations against the motion.

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How it is built

Pick by what is missing

Learners reach for s = u t + ½ a t² for everything and then get stuck. The lesson replaces that habit with one move: list u, v, a, s and t, find the quantity you neither know nor want, and use the equation that leaves it out.

The Jigsaw makes each learner the expert on one equation, including its derivation from the graph, then has them teach it home; the closing quiz makes every learner accountable for all four. The activity ships with the expert cards and the quiz, so it can be run faithfully.

Original work by the TheLucidSTEM team. Questions are written in the style of the papers; no past paper question is reproduced. Supplied in editable formats so you can adapt them freely.
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