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Projectile Motion Demonstration

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Students dicusss Newton's First Law of Motion. They calculate a projectile moving horizontally and vertically at different intervals. They particpate in an experiment in which the projectile is at an angle. They record and discuss the results.

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Grade
9th - 11th
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Science
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