Activity Title: Curve me on an incline

In this activity the students will capture full trajectory of projectile motion on an incline surface.

Procedures:

Tips on the activity. Tracing the Trajectory

1. Modifying the retractable pen as launcher. Tape the popsicle sticks together leaving a 3 cm extension.
Hold the retractable pen with the push clip facing you. Press the top end and then tape the popsicle
sticks to the side of the pen without covering the clip.

2. As the marble slides down the 200 incline it leaves a trail of white powder. Emphasize that this is the
trajectory the students should trace with pencil.

3. Tilting the board greater than 200 present difficulty especially with launchings on incline at greater
angles. The marble has greater tendency to slide off the launching pad even before the clip is pushed.

4. Make sure each group has enough space for the activity. Heights may be marked with chalk on corner
walls facing enough length of unused hallways or floor space.

5. Have the students repeat launches that tend to veer sideways. Bottle cap should be centered on the
launching pad. Student launchers should also hold pen horizontally in place before and during launching.

6. Landing spots are better noted and marked on tiled floors for range measurements. On plain floors, a
strip of paper tape or long chalk mark along the landing stretch may also serve as guide.

Guide Questions:

1. What is the trajectory of the marble?

2. Describe the location and peak heights of the projectile.

3. Does the trajectory have the same horizontal distances when launched? Why?

4. Draw a graph of the result of the activity.

a. What trajectory covered the greatest range?

b. What trajectory covered the shortest range?

c. What trajectory covered the highest range?

d. What trajectory covered the lowest ranged?

Range of the marble horizontally-launched from different heights.

Height of Range, Average

Fall, h(cm) R(cm) Range,
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4 Trial 5 R(cm)

Calculated time of fall of horizontally-launched marbles.

Calculated Time of Fall, Square of Calculated Average range, R (cm) Height of Fall, h (cm)
Time of Fall, Tcalc2 (s2)
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