Projectile Motion
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Description
Blast a car out of a cannon, and challenge yourself to hit a target! Learn about projectile motion by firing various objects. Set parameters such as angle, initial speed, and mass. Explore vector representations, and add air resistance to investigate the factors that influence drag.
Sample Learning Goals
- Determine how each parameter (initial height, initial angle, initial speed, mass, diameter, and altitude) affects the trajectory of an object, with and without air resistance.
- Predict how varying the initial conditions will affect a projectile’s path, and provide an explanation for the prediction.
- Estimate where an object will land, given its initial conditions.
- Determine that the x and y motion of a projectile are independent.
- Investigate the variables that affect the drag force.
- Describe the the effect that the drag force has on the velocity and acceleration.
- Discuss projectile motion using common vocabulary (such as: launch angle, initial speed, initial height, range, time).
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Video Primer
Teacher-Submitted Activities
Algebra-based Physics Semester one lessons, clicker questions, and schedule in pdf (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Lab HW Demo |
Physics |
Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
MC | Physics |
A Projectile Motion-Introduction (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Lab Remote MC |
Physics |
Quadratic Functions for Projectile Motion |
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Sarah Hampton and Sally Gillett | HS MS |
Guided Discuss |
Mathematics | |
Kinematic Equation Activity |
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Shea Phillips | HS | Guided | Physics | |
Quadratic Projectiles |
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beki toussaint | HS | Lab | Mathematics | |
Experimental Design: Projectile Motion! |
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Jamie Schoenberger | MS | Lab Guided |
Earth Science Other |
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Air Resistance Lesson |
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UTeach Middle School PhET Team | MS | Lab | Physics | |
Projectile investigation for Middle School |
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Jefferson County Middle School Workshop | MS | Lab | Physics Earth Science Mathematics |
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How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Biology Earth Science Chemistry Physics |
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projectile motion worksheet | Lara Bayan Ahmad | HS UG-Adv UG-Intro |
Remote HW MC Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile motion | Zayed Hamad Almazrouei | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion Experiment Abdulla | Abdulla Alawadhi | HS UG-Intro |
Lab Guided Remote |
Physics Other |
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Projectile Motion Lab Report | Omar Alnoman | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile motion lab report | Mohmmaed Nasser Moneim | HS UG-Intro |
Remote Lab HW |
Physics | ||
projectile motion | Maryam Talal | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion Lab Report | Yasmeen Alameeri | UG-Intro UG-Adv Grad HS |
Remote Lab HW |
Physics | ||
Air Resistance | Bob Poltis | UG-Intro | Remote Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion Virtual Lab Activity | Jacob Zalkind | UG-Intro HS |
Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile motion | Maitha Majjan | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile motion experiment | jawaher bin hammad | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Horizontal projectile motion | Sara Mohammed | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
projectile motion hanan | hanan saeed | Other | Lab | Physics | ||
projectile motion | Maryam alzaabi | UG-Adv | Lab HW |
Physics | ||
projectile motion | Fatma Al-Ali | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Elmustafa Elmubarak | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projctile motion | Saeed ali | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
projectile motion | Ibrahim Alswidan | MS | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile motion lab report | fadi kazzaz | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Mostafa Hassan Mohammed Elmallah | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile motion, range, time, velocity | Mouza Jamal Alnuaimi | UG-Intro | Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Abdelmonem Atef | UG-Adv UG-Intro |
HW Lab Remote |
Physics | ||
Project motion worksheet | Yousef Alaa | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion (Lab Report) | ali alghfeli | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | zeyad mohammed | UG-Intro | Lab Other HW |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Suha AlHadha | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Amr Ahmed | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile motion | Khalid Alsaleh | Other | Lab | Physics | ||
projectile | Raya alshamsi | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile worksheet | Majed Mansoor Al Hashimi | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
projectile motion | mohamed alnaqbi | Other | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Ross Pinkerton, Joanne Roque | HS | Lab Remote Guided |
Physics | ||
Horizontal Projectile Motion Lab | Ross Pinkerton, Joanne Roque | HS | Remote Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion ( including air resistance ) | Fatma Fuad | UG-Adv UG-Intro HS |
Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | karim allahham | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile motion worksheet | M. Salman Ismail | UG-Intro HS |
Lab HW Remote Guided |
Physics | ||
projectile mothion | abood hamad | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Amna Binshemel | HS UG-Intro |
Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion Lab Report | Abdullah Salehi | HS | HW Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile | Aisha Alhammadi | HS UG-Intro |
Lab Remote |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Ghalya Alzarooni | HS MS UG-Intro |
Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Noura Jasim | UG-Intro HS |
Lab Remote |
Physics | ||
Projectile motion | Maitha Aldarmaki | HS UG-Intro |
Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Amna Faisal | UG-Intro HS |
Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile motion | Maitha Abdulla Almazrouei | HS UG-Intro |
Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
projectile motion | Sumaya alzaabi | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Shahad Alhosani | UG-Intro | Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Amna Binshemel | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | Physics | ||
PROJECTILE MOTION LAB REPORT | Aisha Alzaabi | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
projectile motion | salah mahdi | UG-Adv | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion (#lab) | mohamed erfan | UG-Intro HS |
HW Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile motion and horizontal component of its velocity | Daniah AlAli | HS UG-Intro |
Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
Free fall | reem laid | HS UG-Intro |
Lab | Physics | ||
projectile motion | reem alali | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile motion | Hassan Alajmi | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | meera ahli | HS MS |
Lab Remote |
Physics | ||
Guided Discovery (Chinese/English) for Freshman University Physics: 1. Kinematics | Charity Grace White(白愛恩),Janet Chen(陳衫豫),Jonathon David White(白小明) | UG-Intro | Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
projectile motion | Ali Humaid Alaleeli | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
projectile | abdullah hosameldin | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion report | Ahmed Alsuwaidi | HS | Lab HW |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion--Horizontal and Full Trajectory | Lynn Kistler | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Ahd Shoshaa | HS UG-Adv UG-Intro |
Discuss Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
Motion Lab Report | Abdulbasit Warsame | HS UG-Intro |
HW | Physics | ||
projectile motion simulation | Mahmoud Aman | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
projectil motion lab report form | Mujtaba Abbas | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Horizontal Release Projectile Relationships | Amy Carpinelli | UG-Intro HS |
Remote HW Lab |
Physics | ||
Horizontal Projectile Motion | Osama Abdulghani | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
projectile motion | Amr Yehia | UG-Adv UG-Intro |
Demo Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile motion | Ahmed Ez Eddin | HS UG-Intro |
HW Lab |
Physics | ||
projectile motion | Ahmed Ez Eddin | UG-Intro HS |
HW Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion Worksheet | Aseel Atheer | Grad | Guided HW Lab Remote |
Other Physics |
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Projectile Motion | Salem Al Mheiri | UG-Adv | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Ismail Zein | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion (Anwar Mabrouk Al-Talha) | Anwar Mabrouk | Other | Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Mohamed Alameeri | UG-Intro | Remote | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion Worksheet | Mustafa Alaraj | HS UG-Intro |
Lab | Physics | ||
PhET Projectiles Simulation Lab | barbara buckley | HS | Guided Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | khalifa alketbi | Other | Lab | Physics | ||
projectile Motion | Sara Al karam | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
project motion | noura hamad hazeem | UG-Adv Grad |
Lab | Physics | ||
Motions Air resistance | zuhair M Z Abdalmenem | UG-Intro HS |
HW | Physics | ||
Horizontal Projectile Motion | Abdallah Alalawneh | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile of motion - time of flight (horizontal projectile) | Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ismail | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion Experiments | Ruslan Kuvshinov | UG-Intro UG-Adv |
Lab | Physics | ||
projectile motion | yousef faisal | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile motion Experiment | Mohammed Al-Tayeb | UG-Intro HS UG-Adv |
Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Bushr Alassouad | HS UG-Intro |
Guided Lab Discuss Demo |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Baraa Mahdi | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile motion | Mohamad Farhat | UG-Intro | Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
Time of flight related to initial speed in a horizontal projectile. | Aissa Messaoudi | UG-Intro | Guided | Physics | ||
projectile motion | Amna Alsuwaidi | HS UG-Intro |
Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion - Physics 1 lab experiment | Yazen Mohammad Rihan | UG-Intro | Guided Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
Other | Chemistry Physics Biology |
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Projectile Motion Discovery | Sean Boston | UG-Intro HS |
Guided HW Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Nadia Lvov | HS UG-Intro |
Guided Remote Lab HW Demo |
Physics Mathematics |
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motion along straight line with constant acceleration | Tahani Sarayreh | HS UG-Intro |
Lab Remote |
Physics | ||
Projectile Lab (Angled Launch) | Arooj Mukarram | UG-Intro HS |
Lab Remote Guided HW |
Physics | ||
Projectile Lab (Horizontal Launch) | Arooj Mukarram | HS UG-Intro |
Lab Remote Guided HW |
Physics | ||
Projectile motion lab activity | Pramod Lamichhane | HS UG-Intro |
Lab Guided Remote |
Physics | ||
Projectile Motion Experiments | Nawal Nayfeh | HS UG-Intro |
Lab | Physics | ||
Fee Fall | Nawal Nayfeh | UG-Intro HS |
Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
Regents Physics- Projectile Motion Intro | Alex Reyda | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion Simulator | David Wirth | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics | Jaya Ramchandani | HS | Other | Physics | ||
PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C | Roberta Tanner | HS | Other | Physics | ||
Tir parabòlic | Jordi Plana | MS | HW | Physics | ||
Projectile Parabolas | Amy Read | HS | Guided | Mathematics | ||
Launching Pumpkins - Solving Quadratic Functions | Craig Seaver | MS HS |
Discuss Guided Lab |
Mathematics | ||
Comparing Speed and Angle to projectile distance | Jeff Springer | MS | Guided | Physics | ||
3 Projectile Motion Factors | Mary Teren | HS | Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
Exploring Vectors and Projectile Motion | Brian Minchen | HS | Guided | Physics | ||
Projectile Guided Inquiry | Laura Mattick | HS | Guided | Physics | ||
Inquiry Projectile Activity | Jeff Drach | HS MS |
Guided | Physics | ||
Intro y laboratorio virtual de Tiro Parabólico |
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Diana López y Oscar Suárez | HS UG-Intro |
Discuss Remote Lab MC Guided |
Physics |
Explorando el movimiento parabólico |
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Laura Arboleda, Diana López y José Ramírez | HS | Lab Guided |
Physics Earth Science |
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SECUNDARIA: Alineación PhET con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017) |
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Diana López | MS HS |
Other | Mathematics Chemistry Physics Biology |
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Introducción a la Física: medidas, unidades y relación entre variables |
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Diana López | UG-Intro HS |
Guided Remote Lab HW |
Physics | |
PREPARATORIA: Alineación de PhET con programas de la DGB México (2017) |
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Diana López | UG-Intro HS |
Other | Mathematics Chemistry Physics |
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PRIMARIA: Alineación con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017) |
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Diana López | K-5 MS |
Lab HW Demo Guided Discuss |
Chemistry Mathematics Physics Astronomy |
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Composició de moviments. Moviment parabòlic. PhET | Ana María Lafuente Heras | HS | Remote MC Lab HW |
Physics | ||
Der gerade Wurf | Isabella Radl | MS HS |
HW Guided |
Physics | ||
Projectile motion lab | hakim alhamidy | MS HS |
Lab | Physics | ||
Projectile Motion | Dr. Nafiseh Nasr | HS UG-Intro |
HW Lab |
Physics | ||
Lançamento Vertical no PhET | Caroline Santos dos Santos; Mirian Marchezan Lopes; Pâmela da Silveira Freitas. | HS MS |
Lab Guided Remote HW |
Physics | ||
Corona vírus vs lançamento de projéteis | Cleison Lima | HS MS Grad |
Lab | Physics | ||
Atividade de Lançamento Oblíquo | Jeirla Monteiro, Gilvandenys L. Sales | HS | Other | Physics | ||
Atividades sobre o movimento dos corpos | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | MS HS Other |
Guided HW Discuss Other |
Physics Earth Science Mathematics Other |
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Mecânica (Atividades) nos OA's do PhET | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | HS UG-Intro MS Other Grad |
HW Demo Lab Other Discuss Guided |
Physics Earth Science Other |
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Cinemática (Atividades) nos OA's do PhET | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | UG-Intro MS HS Other |
Other Demo HW Lab Guided |
Earth Science Physics Other |
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Velocidade e Aceleração no Lançamento de Projéteis no "Projectile Motion (HTML5)" | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | HS Other MS |
Guided Other HW |
Other Earth Science Physics |
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Queda Livre no "Projectile Motion (HTML5)" | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | Other MS HS |
Other Guided HW |
Mathematics Physics Earth Science Other |
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Lançamento Vertical de Projéteis no "Projectile Motion (HTML5)" | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | Other HS MS |
Other HW Guided |
Mathematics Earth Science Physics Other |
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Lançamento Horizontal de Projéteis no "Projectile Motion (HTML5)" | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | Other MS HS |
Guided Other HW |
Earth Science Mathematics Physics Other |
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Lançamento de Projéteis | José Carlos Ferreira Bastos, Darkson Fernandes da Costa | UG-Intro HS |
Lab Demo Guided |
Physics | ||
Lançando Projéteis no "Projectile Motion (HTML5)" | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | MS HS |
Guided HW Other |
Earth Science Mathematics Physics |
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Lançamento Oblíquo Inicial | Carlos Albuquerque | MS | Demo HW |
Physics | ||
Actividad - movimiento parabólico | Hagi Yucra y Jessica Lorenzo | HS | HW | Physics | ||
HOJA DE TRABAJO | Laura Muñoz | HS | Guided Remote |
Physics | ||
Movimiento Parabolico | walter Manuel Trujillo Yaipen | UG-Adv HS UG-Intro Grad Other MS |
Guided Lab MC HW Other |
Physics Mathematics Other |
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Guia de trabajo; Movimiento de un Proyectil | Maria Camila Llorente Castro - Julio César Páez Garcia | K-5 | Guided | Physics | ||
Movimiento Parabolico. Comaparacion de datos | walter Manuel Trujillo Yaipen | MS Grad UG-Adv K-5 UG-Intro Other HS |
HW Lab Demo Remote |
Physics Mathematics Other |
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Movimiento en dos dimensiones: Caso del Proyectil (Two dimensions movement, projectile case). | Carmen Maldonado | HS UG-Intro |
HW Guided Remote Lab |
Physics | ||
Practica de Movimiento Parabolico | walter Manuel Trujillo Yaipen | UG-Intro UG-Adv HS MS Grad |
HW Lab Other Guided |
Physics | ||
Practica Tiro Parabolico (traduccion) | Gerardo Sarmiento | MS HS |
Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
CLASE GRADO 10 FISICA | nicolas rivera | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
Trabajo práctico: Tiro Parabólico | MONICA CRAVERO | MS HS |
Demo Guided Lab |
Physics |
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