Project projectiles

Projectile motion occurs when an object is thrown at an angle to the horizontal (θ) with initial velocity (V0). What does this mean?

Trajectories of a projectile with air drag and varying initial velocities. 1

Trajectories of a projectile with air drag and varying initial velocities.

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Explore

Take a look at the ping-pong cannon from the CLI Mathsbusters series and enjoy this projectile motion game3.

Your tasks

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Investigate the dynamics of a flare launcher and consider the Monkey and the Zookeeper dilemma.

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View a simulation and use a spreadsheet to observe the effect of a change in variables.

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Design an interactive presentation about projectiles.

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Links

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectile_motion#/media/File:Mplwp_ballistic_trajectories_velocities.svg
  2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Geek3
  3. https://ophysics.com/k10.html