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Chapter 6 ENRICHMENT

How does speed change?

The Art of Motion

Think back to the last time you read a comic book or saw a cartoon in the newspaper. Chances are that somewhere in that comic strip, the cartoonist showed a character in motion. Do you remember how it was done? Perhaps the cartoonist inserted horizontal lines to show motion. Maybe the cartoonist altered the actual shape of an object. List two or three techniques for showing motion in cartoons. 1. Answers may include billowing clothing, 2. depicting two or more versions of the character in the same panel as, for instance, the character swings on a vine, 3. or over several panels showing people frozen in the background as the character races past.

Using simple figures, motion lines, or other techniques, draw three cartoon panels of two automobiles on a highway. One is moving at a constant speed and one is accelerating.

Answers will vary. Panel 1 may present Car A behind Car B, in panel 2 they may be even, and in panel 3 Car A may be pulling ahead. Students may include long vertical motion lines to simulate speed. They may even change the shape of the car to show that one is working harder to pass the other.

What formulas did your cartoon illustrate?

The first, constant motion, represents the formula speed = d / t. The second, accelerating motion, represents the formula a = speedfinal speedstart / t.

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