Boston University Physics Applets: Free Fall Example

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written by Andrew Duffy

This web page is an interactive physics problem on free fall motion. The user is given an object with an initial velocity upwards, and asked to find its maximum height and travel time to strike the ground. The accompanying Java simulation illustrates the situation and may be viewed in steps or in continuous play. This item is part of a larger collection of simulation-based activities. See Related Materials on this page for a link to the full index of simulations by this author developed to support first semester introductory physics curriculum.

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c2_freefall.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Motion in One Dimension = Gravitational Acceleration = Position & Displacement	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Curriculum support = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2002 Andrew Duffy, Boston University
Keywords:: free fall, gravitational acceleration, kinematics
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created April 17, 2008 by Christopher Allen
Record Updated:: July 31, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 28, 2008

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