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In this interactive students fire various objects out of a cannon, including a golf ball, football, pumpkin, human being, a piano, and a car. By manipulating angle, initial speed, mass, and air resistance, concepts of projectile motion come to light in a fun and game-like environment. Newer features let users set drag coefficient and altitude. Can you set the initial conditions so that you hit the target?
See Related Resources for a link to the older version of this simulation. This item is part of a large collection of free simulations developed by the Physics Education Technology project (PhET) based on principles of PER (Physics Education Research). Editor's Note: This is the newer HTML5 version of PhET's 'Projectile Motion". You'll appreciate the great usability and new tools! Highly adaptable for middle and high school.
Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)
Forces and Motion (PS2.A)
Crosscutting Concepts (K-12)
Scale, Proportion, and Quantity (3-12)
Systems and System Models (K-12)
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices (K-12)
Developing and Using Models (K-12)
AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)4. The Physical Setting
4F. Motion
11. Common Themes
11B. Models
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics AlignmentsStandards for Mathematical Practice (K-12)
MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
High School — Algebra (9-12)
Seeing Structure in Expressions (9-12)
This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.
Topic: Kinematics: The Physics of Motion
Unit Title: Motion in More Than One Dimension This popular sim has been converted to HTML5 and dressed up with cool new features. As with the older version, students will set initial speed & angle, and choose from a variety of projectiles (pumpkin, piano, cannonball, person). Now they can also set drag coefficient and easily see how air resistance affects the trajectory. You can also adjust the gravitational constant and manually adjust the diameter of the projectile. Very robust, very easy to adapt to different learning levels! Link to Unit:
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=14549">PhET. PhET Simulation: Projectile Motion HTML5. Boulder: PhET, December 17, 2017.</a>
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(PhET, Boulder, 2017), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/projectile-motion).
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PhET Simulation: Projectile Motion HTML5 (PhET, Boulder, 2017), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/projectile-motion>.
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PhET Simulation: Projectile Motion HTML5. (2017, December 17). Retrieved December 8, 2024, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/projectile-motion
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PhET. PhET Simulation: Projectile Motion HTML5. Boulder: PhET, December 17, 2017. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/projectile-motion (accessed 8 December 2024).
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PhET Simulation: Projectile Motion HTML5. Boulder: PhET, 2017. 17 Dec. 2017. 8 Dec. 2024 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/projectile-motion>.
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Title = {PhET Simulation: Projectile Motion HTML5},
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Number = {8 December 2024},
Month = {December 17, 2017},
Year = {2017}
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