What is…

DisplacementAccelerationVelocity

PROJECTILE MOTION

Kinematics

Kinematics

Professions

Dan Hill (BASc)Production & Development

Engineer

What I do: Responsible for all aspects of production of carbon

fibre reinforced plastic structural components - the skeleton of the

plane

Best part of job: It requires a broad set of skills ranging from chemistry, applied mechanics,

tooling/machine design, process optimization, economics etc.

Professions

Andre Droste (BASc)Field Service Engineer

What I do: Work with large mining equipment (shovels,

drills, trucks)!

Best part of job: I get to troubleshoot equipment problems in the field and have to think on my own

feet!

Learning Objectives

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to…

(1)Perform simple experiments to show that vertical and horizontal components are independent in projectile motion

(2)Predict whether particular projectiles will collide with their targets when fired under different conditions

(3)Design and perform experiments to test their hypotheses

Monkey and the Coconut

Ballistics Car

Summary

Vertical and horizontal components are

independent of each other

Kinematics

Questions?

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