Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Projectile Motion: Creating a Catapult

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is for 9th grade physical science students. It begins with an inquiry-based lesson using a projectile motion computer simulation. It culminates with students building a catapult; applying and connecting science knowledge from...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Projectile Motion and Gravity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lab, students will investigate how gravity affects an object that falls from a state of rest and how it affects an object that is projected outward from the same level at the same time. Students will observe the objects and...
Interactive
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Projectile Motion With Angry Birds

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze the path of a bird's flight as it attempts to obliterate pigs in the well-known game, Angry Birds. Comes with lab activities, a video, and a simulation. The latter requires software called Tracker, which is free to download.
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...
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Projectiles

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Lesson plan in which students will observe demonstrations and interact with various objects dealing with projectile motion. Subject matter for intermediate or middle school.
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....
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Ground to Ground Soccer Kick Lab

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

Physics Aviary: Drone Delivery Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students find the relationships that govern the behavior of a package that has been released by a drone that is flying horizontally. Students will have control over the drone's height and horizontal speed....
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.