Sept. 24 – Projectile Motion

Today the Period 2 Class collected data for their lab.

Period 5 had a normal lesson.  Here are the notes from Period 5.
I took up problem 2 from yesterday's handout:

At this point you need the quadratic formula!  Don't remember it?  Listen to this song...

Next we discussed projectile motions.  Here are the notes:

Here are some examples of projectile motions:

I also showed you evidence that X and Y components of velocity behave independently.  Here's how the Mythbusters confirmed that a bullet dropped and fired all fall at the same rate:

Tomorrow, we switch and Period 5 class will collect data while Period 2 class will have the lesson.

Homework for Period 5 Class

• Do homework from day 10 in the unit outline.

Homework for Period 2 Class

• Work on your lab writeup.