browseBROWSE   
Resource Description:
Physics Education Technology (PhET): Projectile Motion

2 reviews available
average rating: ****
Link: http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/projectilemotion/projec tile.swf
Collection:
This is part of a number of very good simulations that are part of the University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology Project. There are currently more than 50 simulations, allof which are downloadable. http://phet.colorado.edu/web-pages/index.html
Author: University of Colorado The PhET Project
Media: Software
Cost: Free
Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science
Types: Visualization or Animation, Virtual Lab
Description
of resource:
The Projectile Motion applet give the students a choice of nine objects (a golf ball, a Buick, a pumpkin, etc) to fire out of a cannon at any angle from about 50 degrees below horizontal to 180 degrees. There is some overall goal of hitting a target, but in reality, it quickly becomes a game of "How far will it go" or "Fire everyhing and make a mess." You can add air resistance and see how that affects the various factors. It has a running x and y position as well as time in flight.
Posted to site: 11/29/2006
Researching the Wireless High School: Effects on Science Teaching and Implications for Professional Development, Copyright 2013 TERC.
Funded by NSF #0455795. Opinions expressed on this site are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of the National Science Foundation.

Note: NSF funding for this project has ended and this site has been converted to a static archive of the working site; dynamic functionality including logging in, search, and posting have been disabled.