Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: Projectile Simulator
Students explore a variety of variables associated with the trajectory of a projectile including the launch height, angle, and speed. This interactive can be used as a purely exploratory activity or be used with an activity sheet that...
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The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: The Monkey and the Zookeeper
In this simulation, students pretend to launch bananas from a canon to the monkeys at the zoo. The monkeys sometimes let go of the branch at the exact moment the banana is launched. So the students must determine the correct aim angle...
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The Physics Classroom: Motion and Forces in Two Dimensions: What Is a Projectile
Students apply both kinematic principles and Newton's laws of motion to understand and explain the motion of objects moving in two dimensions, more specifically, the motion of projectiles.
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The Physics Classroom: Motion/forces in Two Dimensions: Projectile's Trajectory
This illustrated tutorial discusses the horizontal and vertical components of a projectile's motion; specific attention will be given to the presence/absence of forces, accelerations, and velocity.
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The Physics Classroom: Horizontal and Vertical Components of Velocity
Students learn how to describe the motion of projectiles numerically; specifically how the numerical values of the x and y components of the velocity and displacement change with time. Includes animations and interactive simulation.
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The Physics Classroom: Horizontally Launched Projectile Problems
In the case of projectiles, students use information about the initial velocity and position of a projectile to predict such things as how much time the projectile is in the air and how far the projectile will go. They do this to make...
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The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Principles for Satellites
Students explore how a satellite's motion is governed by the same physics principles and described by the same mathematical equations.
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The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: The Monkey and the Zookeeper
Four different animated illustrations that show situations of bananas being thrown at a monkey in different gravity situations.
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The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: Gravity Free Environment
Students can launch a banana as a projectile at a monkey in a gravity-free environment.
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The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: Throw With Gravity On
Students can visualize a zookeeper shooting a banana from a banana cannon to a monkey who hangs from the limb of a tree in normal gravity.
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The Physics Classroom: Vectors/projectiles: Throw at the Monkey With Gravity On
With this animation and explanation, students can visualize and imagine throwing a banana at a monkey in a normal gravity situation.
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The Physics Classroom:vectors and Projectiles:throw at a Slow Speed With Gravity
In this animation, students can visualize and imagine throwing a projectile in slow speed in a normal gravity situation.
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The Physics Classroom: Vectors/projectiles: Horizontally Launched Projectiles
With this animation, students can imagine a cannonball being launched from a cannon atop a very high cliff. Imagine as well that the cannonball does not encounter a significant amount of air resistance.
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The Physics Classroom: Vectors/projectiles:non Horizontally Launched Projectiles
Visualize and read about launching an object from a non-horizontal position so that it becomes a projectile.
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The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: Maximum Range
Students can imagine a cannonball launched at three different launch angles where the speed is held constant; only the angle is changed. The cannonballs do not encounter a significant amount of air resistance. How will the trajectories...
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The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: The Plane and the Package
Consider a plane moving with a constant speed at an elevated height above the Earth's surface. In the course of its flight, the plane drops a package from its luggage compartment. This animation depicts such a situation. The path of the...
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The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: The Truck and the Ball
Imagine a pickup truck moving with a constant speed along a city street. In the course of its motion, a ball is projected straight upwards by a launcher located in the bed of the truck (with no air resistance). This animation depicts the...
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The Physics Classroom: Horizontally Launched Projectile Animation
An animation showing a projectile that is launched horizontally. Animation shows the horizontal and vertical components and their velocity.
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The Physics Classroom: Non Horizontally Launched Projectile Animation
An animation showing a projectile that is launched at an angle. Animation shows the horizontal and vertical components and their velocity.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Speed of Horizontal Projectile
Students must determine the horizontal speed of a projectile based on the distance that it travels and other given information. Students must find the time of flight and put it in milliseconds. Finally, students must find the final...
Walter Fendt
Walter Fendt: Apps Zur Physik
This site, in German, offers numerous apps that illustrate common physics principles. Apps are organized into categories: mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, physics of...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Soccer Kick Challenge
Challenges students to hit as many targets as possible by adjusting the angle of the kick until the angle will create the perfect range for landing on the target.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Ground to Ground Soccer Kick Lab
This lab is designed to have students find the relationships that govern the behavior of a soccer ball that is kicked on an angle. The ball will start on the ground and end on the ground. Students will have control over the speed of the...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Projectile Lab
This lab is designed to have students find the relationships that affect the horizontal distance travelled by a projectile. Students will be able to modify the starting height, initial speed and angle at which the projectile is fired....