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Sports Unit: Projectiles and Circular Motion

Author: Tamara Ellsworth

Two Dimensional Motion

These notes will correlate with all the different screencasts made for this unit on projectiles and circular motion.

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Source: adapted from Active Physics by Eisenkraft

Horizontally Launched Projectiles (Part 1)

Students will compare projectile motion to free fall, to solve equations. We will use basic trig of right triangles to solve our vector analysis.

Source: adapted from Active Physics by Eisenkraft

Horizontally Launched Projectiles (Part 2)

After the pennies lab students will dissect the motion of projectiles launched horizontally.

Source: adapted from Active Physics by Eisenkraft

Projectiles, horizontal & launched at an angle (Math involved) (Part 3)

Using trig functions and projectile formulas to solve projectile problems

Source: adapted from Active Physics by Eisenkraft

Projectiles launched at an angle, (Part 4) (more math)

Utilizing the formulas to solve launched projectiles at an angle.

Source: adapted from Active Physics by Eisenkraft

Circular Motion (Part 5)

Centripetal acceleration and centripetal force is discussed with a sample problems of each

Source: adapted from Active Physics by Eisenkraft

Free Fall vs. Horizontal Projectile