Fourth year of secondary education
Trajectory and displacement
I. Sevila
T. & D. 
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1. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MOVEMENT.
We could ask why movement is the first physical phenomenon we study in an introductory course on Physics.  The answer is simple:  it is one of the most common phenomena which occur around us, even in nature we find movements which are easily observed and truly beautiful .

A rigorous study of any event needs to be described with exactitude. What do we need to observe a movement?

An indispensable instrument for observing and analyzing a movement is one that measures time.  You can probably think of several instruments we use for this.  We will think of a simple chronometer which will show the passing of time while we make the observations.  We also need an exact definition of other concepts: Reference System, trajectory and displacement.

We will introduce them one by one...

Introduction to the study of movement
Reference system
Trajectory
Displacement
EVALUATION