Science 9

Science – Grade 9
Quarter 4 – Module 3: Projectile Motion
First Edition, 2020

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 Science 9
Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 3
Projectile Motion
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Science 9 Self-Learning Module 3 on Projectile Motion!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Science 9 Self-Learning Module on Projectile Motion!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest – This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS
This module focuses on projectile motion.
At the end of this module you are expected to:
1. define terms related to projectile motion- range, height and trajectory;
2. label a diagram illustrating projectile motion by indicating the range, height,
trajectory, initial horizontal velocity and initial vertical velocity;
3. cite some situations showing projectile motions; and
4. demonstrate the value of sportsmanship.

PRETEST
Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

For numbers 1-2, please refer to the illustration below.

Projectiles include objects that are thrown horizontally as well as objects that are
projected at an angle.

1. Based on the illustration what does H show?

A. height
B. range
C. trajectory
D. velocity

2. What does R indicate?

A. height
B. range
C. trajectory
D. velocity

3. Which of the following terms refer to the path travelled by a projectile?

A. height
B. range
C. trajectory
D. velocity
4. Projectile motion involves both horizontal and vertical motions. The following are
examples of projectile motion EXCEPT
A. An arrow is released to hit a target.
B. A van moving along a straight highway.
C. A basketball tossed along an arch towards the basketball ring.
D. John kicks a ball and gives it a speed at an angle to the horizontal.

5. You joined the division competition in sepak takraw. But you lost in the game
along with your teammates. How should you react to this situation?
A. Approach the winning team and congratulate them.
B. Make a trash talk on the unfairness of the game.
C. Approach the winning team and confront them.
D. Confront the technical working committee.

RECAP

In the previous discussion you have learned about uniformly accelerated

motion or simply UAM. Find terms related to UAM. Use the description given below
as your guide.

Word Hunt

Hint:
1. Path travelled by an object.
2. How fast an object travelled with a given direction.
3. Rate of change in velocity.
4. 9.8 m/s2 is the Acceleration due to ________
5. Motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it.
 LESSON
Have you tried playing on-line game most specially during this time of
pandemic? Have you tried playing Angry Birds? What is your strategy to hit a target?

Angry Birds Gameplay #1 Poached Eggs Level 1-21 on Make a GIF

Figure 1: Angry Bird On-line Game

As an angry bird move to hit the target it moves both in x and y directions
simultaneously. This form of two-dimensional motion deals with projectile motion.
A projectile is an object upon which the only force acting is gravity.

Projectiles include objects that are thrown horizontally and objects that are
projected at an angle.

Figure 2: Object thrown Figure 3: Object released

horizontally forward is a upward at an angle to the
projectile, provided that the horizontal is a projectile,
influence of air resistance is provided that the influence of
negligible. air resistance is negligible.
 An object in projectile motion follows a parabolic path. This path is called
trajectory. The horizontal distance (dx) travelled by the projectile is called the range.
The maximum vertical distance (dy) the projectile reached is the height.

Figure 4: Projectile launched horizontally

Figure 5: Projectile launched at an angle with the horizontal

In a horizontally launched projectile the object moves horizontally forward and

vertically downward. The horizontal velocity (Vx) is constant and equal to the initial
horizontal velocity (Vix). Since the object falls from rest the initial vertical velocity (Viy)
is zero.

Figure 6: Projectile launched horizontally

When an object is projected from rest at an upward angle, its

initial velocity can be resolved into two components. These two components operate
independently of each other. The upward velocity undergoes constant
downward acceleration which will result in it rising to a highest point and then falling
back to the ground. The horizontal motion is constant velocity motion and undergoes
no changes due to gravity.
 Figure 7: Projectile launched at an angle with the horizontal

In real life, the projectile motion finds applications in sports like playing
basketball. The player shoots the ball in such a way that the flight taken by the ball
is in the form of a parabola. Other sports that show projectile motion include football
and volleyball. Projectile motion is also applied in some street games including
dampa and sipa.

ACTIVITIES
Activity 1: Projectile Motion Launched Horizontally

Learning Competency: Label the diagram illustrating projectile motion by

indicating the range, height, trajectory, initial horizontal velocity and initial vertical
velocity. (S9FE-Iva-34.4)

Materials
1 graphing paper
1 marble
pencil

Procedure
1. Put the graphing paper in a landscape position.
2. Draw a vertical line by counting 10 small lines in a graphing paper.
(Preferably on the side of the graphing paper)
3. Place the marble on top of the vertical line as shown in the illustration
below.

4. Apply a slight horizontal push to the marble.

5. Trace the path covered by the marble.
6. Draw a horizontal line from the bottom of the vertical line to the point where
the path of the marble meet.
Guide Questions:
1. Identify the range, height and trajectory of the marble (projectile) in the
illustration. ______________________________________________________________

2. Define range, height and trajectory of the marble (projectile) based on the
illustration.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

3. Draw an arrow to indicate the initial horizontal velocity and initial vertical
velocity.

Closure:
1. What did you learn? ___________________________________________________________
2. What do you want to clarify? (If any)____________________________________________

Activity 2: Projectile Motion Launched at an Angle

Learning Competency: Label the diagram illustrating projectile motion by indicating
the range, height, trajectory, initial horizontal velocity and initial vertical velocity.

Materials
1 graphing paper
1 marble
pencil

Procedure
1. Put the graphing paper in a landscape position.
2. Choose a certain point on a graphing paper.
3. Draw a small vertical and horizontal line on the chosen point. Similar as
shown below.

4. Place the marble on the point.

5. Release the marble at a certain angle between 0 to 900 with the horizontal by
applying a slight push on the marble.
6. Trace the path covered by the marble.
 7. Draw a horizontal line from the point where the marble released to the point
where the path of the marble meet.
8. Draw a vertical line from the highest point that the marble reached to the
point where the horizontal line meet.

Guide Questions:
1. Identify the range, height and trajectory of the marble (projectile) in the
illustration. _______________________________________________________________

2. Define range, height and trajectory of the marble (projectile) based on the
illustration.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

3. Draw an arrow to indicate the initial horizontal velocity and initial vertical
velocity.

Closure:
1. What did you learn? ______________________________________________________
2. What do you want to clarify? (If any) _______________________________________

WRAP-UP

To sum-up what you have learned please complete the statement below.
Choose your answer from the words inside the box.

Projectiles include objects that are thrown horizontally as well as objects that
are projected at an angle. The horizontal motion of a projectile is (1) __________ of its
vertical motion.

An object in projectile motion follows a parabolic path called (2) ____________.

The horizontal distance travelled by the projectile is called the (3) _____________. The
maximum vertical distance the projectile reached is the (4) ______________.

height dependent
range trajectory
independent
 VALUING

Activity 3: Projectile Motion in Everyday Life

Direction: Write inside the circle some situations/examples showing projectile

motion.

Closure:
1. What did you learn? ___________________________________________________________
2. What do you want to clarify? (If any) ___________________________________________
 POSTTEST
Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Projectiles include objects that are thrown horizontally as well as objects that are
projected at an angle. What is the path travelled by the projectile?
A. height
B. range
C. trajectory
D. velocity

2. An object is launched at an angle. Based on the illustration what does H

indicate?

A. height
B. range
C. trajectory
D. velocity

3. Which of the following statements is true regarding projectile motion?

A. The horizontal and vertical components are independent of each other.
B. The horizontal and vertical components are dependent of each other.
C. The horizontal and vertical components are always changing.
D. The horizontal and vertical components vary.

4. Projectile motion involves both horizontal and vertical motions. Which of the
following is an example of projectile motion?
A. A basketball tossed along an arch towards the basketball ring.
B. A van moving in constant speed in a straight flat road.
C. Running from one point to another.
D. Pushing a cart.

5. Jose played basketball with his friends. Unfortunately, they lost the game. How
should he react to this situation?
A. Ignore the winning team.
B. Congratulate the winning team.
C. Quarrel with the winning team.
D. Rant in social media the unfairness of the game.
Pretest Posttest Wrap-Up
1. A 1. C 1. independent
2. B 2. A 2. trajectory
3. C 3. A 3. range
4. B 4. A 4. height
5. A 5. B
Recap
1. distance 2. velocity 3. acceleration 4. gravity 5. free fall
Activity 1
1.
2. Range – horizontal distance travelled by the projectile
Height – maximum vertical distance reached by the projectile.
Trajectory – path travelled by the projectile.
3.
KEY TO CORRECTION
3.
Closure:
Answers of students varies.
Activity 2
1.
2. Range – horizontal distance travelled by the projectile.
Height – maximum vertical distance reached by the projectile.
Trajectory – path travelled by the projectile.
3.
Closure:
Answer of the students varies.
Continuation of Key to Correction
Continuation of Key to Correction

Answers of the students vary.

Closure
etc.
• John kicks a ball and give it a speed at an angle to the horizontal.
• A basketball tossed along an arch towards the basketball ring.
Possible Answers
Answers of students vary.
Activity 3

References
Book:

Online Sources:

References
What is a projectile? Accessed September 23, 2020
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/vectors/Lesson-2/What-is-a-Projectile

Two Dimensional and Projectile Motion Accessed September 23, 2020

http://scipp.ucsc.edu/outreach/04Projectile%20Motion.pdf