(Answer to question #2)Consider your trip between UTSA and home( One UTSA Circle, San Antonio TX 78249 to 11500 Huebner rd 78230)
1) Make a position-vs.-time graph of that trip.
2) Make a velocity-vs.-time graph of that trip.
3) Make an acceleration-vs.-time graph of that trip.
4) Indicate for each portion of your trip if you are moving with:
a) increasing/decreasing acceleration
b) uniform acceleration
c) constant velocity
It can be schematic but with reasonable numbers, or with as much detail as you want.