Day 9: Unit 4- 2D Kinematics: Projectile Motion Part 2

Unit 4!

On the second day of our unit in 2D Kinematics, we did a bit of reviewing and spent a lot of our time working on our Air Rocket Lab. First, we tested different caps that would change the time of flight. We decided to chose the super cap that had the highest time in the air, and from there we used that time to calculate our velocity, picked an angle, and solved for our initial horizontal velocity using the velocity and angle. From there, we used d=1/2at^2 +Vot to calculate the horizontal distance. Our calculations were accurate, but because of air resistance and wind, our rocket fell short of our target.

This picture is similar to my previous picture of my cousins throwing rocks into the ocean, but instead, it's my uncle throwing a ball! This is an example of projectile motion because it not only goes horizontally, but goes vertically as well! It changes velocity going up and down, but has a constant velocity going horizontally.