Projectile Motion

Text Resources

• Worksheets
• Vector
  
• Components
• Problems
• Unit Circle
  
• Kinematics
• Formula Sheet 1
• Formula Sheet 2
• Experimentation
• Instructions
• Worksheet
• LoggerPro
• Catapult
  

Web Resources

• Vectors
  
• http://mathforum.org/~klotz/Vectors/vectors.html
• Kinematic Equations
  
• http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/1DKin/U1L6d.html
• Projectile Motion
  
• http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/core/plans/int/grape.html

Supplies

Pencils
Worksheets
Geometry Sketchpad
Overhead

Transparencies

At least one computer to pull up applet
·         Sports equipment (one sport per group of 3 or 4)

·         Basketball

·         Baseball, gloves, bat

·         Football

·         Soccer ball

·         Volleyball

·         Measuring tape (1 per student)

·         Video camera, video tape, iLink cable (or proper cables to put video footage on computer) and tripod

·         Computer with Excel and LoggerPro and video editing software (1 per group)

·         Poster board and garden stake

·         Markers

·         Materials to build catapults (1 set per group)

·         One-cup milk carton

·         Scissors

·         Graph paper

·         One 2-inch rubber band and other rubber band sizes as requested

·         Toothpick

·         2 pencils

·         Tape

·         Small match box

·         Hole punch

·         Marble