honors projectile motion

MOTION IN TWO DIMENSIONS
HONORS PHYSICS

TEXTBOOK: Chapter 3, pages 51 - 69.

OBJECTIVES:

Distinguish between vector and scalar quantities.
Calculate graphically the sum of two or more vectors given both magnitude and direction of the vectors.
Resolve any given vector into perpendicular components.
Calculate the sum of two or more given vectors by the method of trigonometric resolution into components.
Determine the equilibrant of a vector system if given two or more initial vectors.
Use video analysis to understand the motions of a projectile in flight.
Calculate the range of a projectile fired horizontally from a height, give its initial velocity and the height it is fired from; verify the results of this by performing an experiment.
Calculate the resultant velocity of a projectile from knowledge of its horizontal and vertical components.
Calculate the range of a projectile fired from ground level if given its initial velocity and the angle of firing.
Calculate the range of a projectile if fired from a height at an angle if given the initial velocity, the angle, and the height.

ACTIVITIES:

TYPE	DESCRIPTION	DATE
DISCUSS	Adding Vectors Graphically	October 4
DISCUSS	Adding Vectors Analytically	October 5
EXPERIMENT	Force Table	October 7 October 12
HOMEWORK	Read Sect 3.1 and 3.2, pages 52 - 55 and do Problem Set #1: pages 72 - 78, # 1, 2, 5, 6.	October 12
EXPERIMENT	The Lobbed Ball	October 13
DISCUSS	Three Types of Projectile Motion Problems	October 14
HOMEWORK	Read Sect 3.3, pages 55 - 59 and do Problem Set #2: pages 72 - 78: # 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15.	October 14
EXPERIMENT	Bull’s Eye I	October 18
HOMEWORK	Read Sect 3.5, pages 60 - 66 and do Problem Set #3: pages 72 - 78; # 17, 19, 21, 22, 23.	October 18
COMPUTER SIMULATION	Projectiles II	October 19
HOMEWORK	Conceptual Question Sheet - Vectors and Two Dimensional Motion.	October 19
EXPERIMENT	Bull’s Eye II	October 20
EXPERIMENT	Bull’s Eye III	October 20
HOMEWORK	Review Problem Set #4: pages 72 - 78: # 26, 34, 37, 40, 43, 57.	October 20
DISCUSS	Conceptual Worksheet	October 21
DEMONSTRATION	Monkey and Banana	October 21
TEST	Motion in Two Dimensions	October 26