ERIC Number: EJ1049045
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Publication Date: 2015-Jan
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Projectile General Motion in a Vacuum and a Spreadsheet Simulation
Benacka, Jan
Physics Education, v50 n1 p58-63 Jan 2015
This paper gives the solution and analysis of projectile motion in a vacuum if the launch and impact heights are not equal. Formulas for the maximum horizontal range and the corresponding angle are derived. An Excel application that simulates the motion is also presented, and the result of an experiment in which 38 secondary school students developed the application and investigated the system is given. A questionnaire survey was carried out to find out whether the students found the lessons interesting, learned new skills and wanted to model projectile motion in the air as an example of more realistic motion. The results are discussed.
Descriptors: Motion, Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Principles, Secondary School Science, Questionnaires, Surveys, Student Attitudes, Science Experiments, Computer Simulation, Spreadsheets, Equations (Mathematics), Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Slovakia
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