Curated OER
Qualitative Examples of Conservation of Mechanical Energy
Instructions for series of six activites, a reading of scientific literature, and a choice of six assessments await you in this physics resource. Well-written plans guide you in guiding your pupils to experiment with levers, pulleys,...
Curated OER
Motion in Two Dimensions
Two activities employ the use of kinematic equations for determining projectile ranges. They both require the use of a toy dart gun. Included in this resource are both the teacher's guide and student laboratory sheets. This is an...
Curated OER
Typical Numeric Questions for Physics I - Motion
Seven pages with 33 multiple choice questions about motion make up this worksheet. Calculations must be performed in order to choose the correct answer. Physics majors will solve for angles, displacement, acceleration, speed, and time...
Curated OER
Typical Numeric Questions for Physics I - Work and Energy
A total of 29 word problems furnish practice in solving for work, energy, and force. A few of the questions display diagrams to help learners visualize the systems, and all of them list five choices from which they select the correct...
Curated OER
Projectiles
Learners measure the angle and distance of an arc. In this projectile lesson, students observe arcs created by water guns, bow and arrows, and slingshots, then work in small groups and use protractors and strings to measure the angle and...
Curated OER
Projectile Motion
Students determine the angle of launch that will give a projectile its greatest range. In this projectile motion lesson plan, students recognize that the motion of a projectile results from the combined horizontal and vertical...
Curated OER
Investigation Projectile Motion
In this science worksheet, students take part in an experiment that examines the motion of a projectile and measures things like velocity or direction.
Curated OER
Projectile Motion Lab
In this physics worksheet, students model the position, velocity and acceleration using mathematical formulas and a computer program. Then they interpret the parameters in each of the models. Students also complete the experiment and...
Curated OER
Projectile Motion II
Pupils explore projectile motion and kinematics in two dimensions. They determine, using an adjustable projectile launcher, what angle makes a projectile go the highest.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Newton's Mountain Model
A science simulation launches a projectile from the top of a mountain testing Newton's theory introduced in Principia.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Two Dimensional Kinematics
In this interactive tutorial, students are introduced to motion in a second dimension, and model and predict the more complex motion of projectiles.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Lego Introduction to Graphing
Students use a LEGO ball shooter to demonstrate and analyze the motion of a projectile through use of a line graph. This activity involves using a method of data organization and trend observation with respect to dynamic experimentation...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Magical Motion
Students watch video clips from the October Sky and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movies to see examples of projectile motion. Then they explore the relationships between displacement, velocity and acceleration, and calculate...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Magnetic Launcher
Students explore electromagnetism and engineering concepts using optimization techniques to design an efficient magnetic launcher. Groups start by algebraically solving the equations of motion for the velocity at the time when a...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Physics of the Flying T Shirt
Students are introduced to the physics concepts of air resistance and launch angle as they apply to catapults. This includes the basic concepts of position, velocity and acceleration and their relationships to one another. They use...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Projectile Magic
Learners watch video clips from October Sky and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to learn about projectile motion. They explore the relationships between displacement, velocity and acceleration and calculate simple projectile...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Projectile Motion
Scroll down to Lesson 2 for a complete tutorial on projectile motion. Content covered in these tutorials includes an explanation of what a projectile is, what the characteristics of a projectile's trajectory are, horizontal and vertical...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering Out of Harry Situations
Under the "The Science Behind Harry Potter" theme, a succession of diverse complex scientific topics are presented to students through direct immersive interaction. Student interest is piqued by the incorporation of popular culture into...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Launching a Satellite
Do you think you could fire an "unpowered" object into orbit? By controlling the angle and speed at which the satellite is launch, students will try to launch a satellite into space with this computer model. Activity includes questions...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Clearing All Obstacles
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students modeling a mock food fight using projectile motion. This lesson is very technology-intensive, and a CBR2 is used to measure the velocity of an object so that it's...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Satellite Motion
An animation depicting the path of projectiles launched at various launch speeds from the fictional Newton's Mountain. Accompanying text discusses satellite motion and the requirements of orbital motion. Links to further information is...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Jumping Joe
Students must predict the distance traveled by a person on a BMX bike. The person will start with potential energy due to gravity and then convert it into KE. They will then hit a ramp and become a projectile. You have to predict how far...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Jumping Joe Simple With Energy
Students must find the distance that Joey will travel as a projectile based on the kinetic energy that he possesses.
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...