PROJECTILE MOTION
COLLEGE PREPARATORY PHYSICS

TEXTBOOK:  Chapter 3, Section 3-3, pages 98 - 105.

OBJECTIVES:

  1. Display and understanding of the independence of the vertical and horizontal velocities of a projectile. 

  2. For a projectile, describe and explain the changes in the horizontal and vertical components of its velocity when air resistance can be neglected. 

  3. Compare the motion of an object rolled off a table to that of an object dropped at the same time. 

  4. Solve problems involving the horizontal launching of projectiles from a cliff. 

  5. Predict the maximum height and range of a projectile launched from the ground and landing on the ground when the angle and the initial velocity are given.

ACTIVITIES:

TYPE DESCRIPTION DATE
DEMONSTRATION    
  • Falling Bullet
 October 25
EXPERIMENT  
  • The Lobbed Ball
 October 26
DISCUSS
  • Two Types of Projectile Motion Problems
 October 28
WORKSHEET 
  • Projectile Motion Problems
 November 1
EXPERIMENT  
  •  Lowe’s Eye I
 November 2
HOMEWORK
  • Read Sect 3.3, pages 98 - 105 and do 
    Problems, page 115; # 34 - 37.
 November 2
EXPERIMENT  
  •  Lowe's Eye II
 November 3
HOMEWORK
  • Conceptual Questions - Projectile Motion.
 November 3

COMPUTER SIMULATION
  • Projectiles II
 November 5
HOMEWORK
  • Review Problems - Projectile Motion - (Problems are in Packet).
 November 5
DEMONSTRATION    
  • Monkey and Banana
 November 9
DISCUSS
  • Conceptual Worksheet
 November 9
WORKSHEET 
  • PTTL - Projectile Motion
 November 9
TEST       
  • Projectile Motion
 November 12

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