Activity Overview
Students will understand how changing the initial velocity and the initial angle change the path of a projectile. Students will be able to write the parametric equations for the path of a projectile.
Objectives
- Students will understand how changing the initial velocity and the initial angle change the path of a projectile.
- Students will be able to write the parametric equations for the path of a projectile.
Vocabulary
- parametric
- projectile
- velocity
- angle
- vector
About the Lesson
This lesson involves observing how changing the initial values affects the path of a projectile.
As a result, students will:
- Discover the parametric equations for the path of a projectile.
- Test an initial velocity and an initial angle and determine if they have chosen the right values to make a basket.
- Identify the conditions that must be met to make a basket.