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    The document describes a series of experiments using an online projectile motion simulator to investigate how changing variables like initial speed, angle, mass, and air resistance affect the motion of different projectiles. The experiments examine how the required launch angle changes with speed, how it changes with mass while holding speed constant, how initial speed must change to hit a target at a constant angle for objects of different mass, and how air resistance influences whether objects of varying mass can hit a target. Conclusions are made about trends in how launch angle and speed must be adjusted based on changes to variables like mass and presence of air resistance.

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    Projection Motion Simulator Worksheet

    Name__________________ Date:___________
    Directions: Use pencil only. Written answers must be in complete sentences. Round you answers
    to two decimal places.

    Go to the projectile motion simulator at http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/projectile-motion/projectile-


    motion.swf

    1. Starting with the pumpkin as your projectile, gather data and answer the following questions:

    a. With an initial speed of 18m/s and no air resistance, what angle must the cannon be at to
    hit the bull’s eye?

    b. Clear your results from part A, by clicking “Erase”. Now add air resistance and answer the
    same question.

    c. Clear your results from part B and remove the air resistance. Collect data to figure out how
    the angle must be changed to hit the bull’s eye as the initial speed increases.

    Initial speed Angle


    14m/s
    18m/s 75
    22m/s
    26m/s

    Conclusion: As the speed increases, the angle _______________.

    2. Now, using different projectiles, collect data to figure out how the angle must be changed as
    the mass of the projectile changes. Use 18m/s as your speed with NO air resistance.

    Projectile Mass Angle


    Football
    Bowling ball
    Adult human
    Piano
    Buick

    Conclusion: As the mass of the object increases, the angle


    __________________________ as long as the speed is constant.
    3. Now, repeat the experiment in #2, only keep the angle constant at 65 degrees and
    determine what happens to the initial speed needed to hit the bull’s eye as the mass of the
    projectile changes.

    Projectile Mass Initial speed


    Football
    Bowling ball
    Adult human
    Piano
    Buick

    Conclusion: As the mass of the object increases, the initial speed


    __________________________ as long as the angle is constant.

    4. Repeat the experiment in #3, except set the speed based on your results in #3, add air
    resistance and record the drag coefficient and whether the object hits the bull’s eye or not.

    Projectile Initial speed Drag coefficient Hit bull’s eye?


    (from #3)
    Football
    Bowling ball
    Adult human
    Piano
    Buick

    Conclusion: How does the air resistance relate to whether the object could still
    hit the bull’s eye or not?

    5. Finally, choose an object and analyze its motion without air resistance.  You can click on
    the center of the cannon’s wheel and raise the firing platform up almost 13 meters. Fill in
    the data table below by first choosing an initial speed.  As the object is in motion record the
    remaining data. 

    Object: Object: Object:


    Angle: 0 degrees Angle: 0 degrees Angle: 0 degrees
    Initial Initial Initial
    Horizontal Horizontal Horizontal
    Speed: Speed: Speed:
    Max. 4 meters Max. 8 meters Max. 12 meters
    height: height: height:
    Horizontal Horizontal Horizontal
    Distance: Distance: Distance:
    Time: Time: Time:

    1 2
    Calculate the drop time using ∆ y = a t and horizontal distance d=v i t (Solve each equation for
    2
    time.)

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