Lesson Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Vectors and 2 D Motion Table of Contents

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners explore vectors, projectile motion, and forces in two-dimension. The tutorial consists of lessons and problems to check for understanding.
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Projectile Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
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....
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Friction to Projectile Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must determine the landing location of a projectile that started as a box sliding across a rough surface. Students must first find the speed of the box when it has reached the end of the table and then treat the box as a...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Two Dimensional Particle Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students explore the motion of a projectile parametrically by adjusting the projectile's initial height, initially velocity, and angle to the horizontal.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: The Truck and the Ball

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Vectors/projectiles:non Horizontally Launched Projectiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Visualize and read about launching an object from a non-horizontal position so that it becomes a projectile.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Maximum Height of Projectile From Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must predict the maximum height reached by a projectile based on energy conservation.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Spring Constant From Projectile Flight

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find the spring constant of a spring based on the distance a projectile travels when fired by the spring.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: Gravity Free Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can launch a banana as a projectile at a monkey in a gravity-free environment.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom:vectors and Projectiles:throw at a Slow Speed With Gravity

For Students 9th - 10th
In this animation, students can visualize and imagine throwing a projectile in slow speed in a normal gravity situation.
Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Horizontally Launched Projectile Animation

For Students 9th - 10th
An animation showing a projectile that is launched horizontally. Animation shows the horizontal and vertical components and their velocity.
Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Non Horizontally Launched Projectile Animation

For Students 9th - 10th
An animation showing a projectile that is launched at an angle. Animation shows the horizontal and vertical components and their velocity.
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lab: Horizontally Launched Projectiles (With Uncertainty Analysis)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
This lab takes a "time- tested" lab and puts a new spin on it by using the uncertainty of all measurements and uncertainty of their prediction. Students will use this measurement technique while using the kinematics equation to predict...
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering Out of Harry Situations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Projectile Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity uses the indefinite integral to locate one of a family of curves given specific initial information.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Motion of Related Objects

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity introduces the concept of related rates with parametric equations using a projectile motion problem.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Water Fountain

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about projectile motion and its relevance to the shape of a stream of water.
Activity
Other

Desmos: Will It Hit the Hoop?

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore projectile motion in this activity as they look at videos and predict whether basketballs will land in the hoop. They then show their predictions in graphs of parabolic curves and compare their predictions to the actual...
Interactive
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Projectile Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Applet site that allows the user to change various inputs and then see how the object will fly when launched. Applet even allows for air resistance.
Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: The Monkey and the Zookeeper

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Satellite Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Two Dimensional Kinematics

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial, students are introduced to motion in a second dimension, and model and predict the more complex motion of projectiles.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Newton's Laws of Motion and Projectiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, online labs, virtual simulations, and video clips, students learn about Newton's Laws of Motion.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Paintball Ballistics

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science fair project, use a paintball gun to compare the calculated vs. the actual range of a projectile. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed...

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