This document describes a simulation that illustrates the concepts of projectile motion such as how kinetic energy transforms into potential energy and vice versa, how mass, initial velocity, and firing angle affect range and displacement, and how velocity and acceleration change over time while conserving energy. The simulation allows the user to input a firing angle, initial velocity, and mass and then shows the projectile's motion in terms of height, range, acceleration, velocity, and bar graphs which can be stopped and reset as needed.

1. Projectile Motion

2. Concepts
• To illustrate the relationships among concepts
involved in projectile motion and energy
transformation, particularly:
– How Kinetic Energy is transformed into Potential
Energy and vice versa
– Mass, Initial Velocity and Firing Angle’s effects on
Range and Displacement
– How velocity and acceleration change through
time
– How energy is conserved and transformed

3. Frame 1: User inputs
1. firing angle, la
2. initial velocity, v0
3. Mass, m
Press GO

5. Frame 2: When GO is pressed,
Ball (with the dotted lines) follow
the projectile, showing these
variables:
1. Height
2. Range, d
3. Acceleration
4. Velocity
5. Bar Graphs

6. hang
h
d

7. t
vf
a

8. vf
a = 9.8

9. Target falls
when the red
ball touches
any part of it.

10. Stop button to stop
everything so that the user
can see all the variables at a
given time

11. Reset button
when clicked
goes to frame 1,
where t=0 sec.