Agenda:
Review Due Dates from website
Projectile Motion: Review from trigonometric function
Vocabulary Definitions: projectile motion, trajectory
Worksheets: 2 -Gizmos
Projectile Motion
Expectation: the characteristics and give examples of a projectile's motion in vertical and horizontal planes
What do all of these examples of have in common?
Describe what is happening in the picture. What is the shape of motion?
Two balls being dropped at the same time
Activity:
Tennis ball projectile motion
In groups of two students will drop the two tennis balls at the same time.
Group 1
Group 2
Task #1
Can you determine if both balls hit the ground at the same ?
Task #2
Can you and your partner create a projectile motion like the first diagram.
Definition of Projectile Motion
Projectile: any object that moves in response to gravity along a two-dimensional curved trajectory
Definition of trajectory:
The path of a projectile or other moving body through space.