Description
Use a ramp, ball and carbon paper to characterise the exit velocity of a projectile, then try to predict where it will land.
Outcomes:
- Measure the velocity of a projectile using simple projectile motion equations.
- Use uncertainty calculations to estimate the reliability of an experiment.
Links to Stage 6 Physics Syllabus content
- A student describes and analyses qualitatively and quantitatively circular motion and motion in a gravitational field, in particular, the projectile motion of particles PH12-12
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- analyse the motion of projectiles by resolving the motion into horizontal and vertical components, making the following assumptions:聽聽
- a constant vertical acceleration due to gravity聽
- 聽zero air resistance聽
- 聽apply the modelling of projectile motion to quantitatively derive the relationships between the following variables:聽聽
- initial velocity聽
- launch angle聽
- maximum height聽
- time of flight聽
- final velocity聽
- launch height聽
- horizontal range of the projectile (ACSPH099)聽
- 聽conduct a practical investigation to collect primary data in order to validate the relationships derived above.