Projectile General Motion in a Vacuum and a Spreadsheet Simulation

Autor/in	Benacka, Jan
Titel	Projectile General Motion in a Vacuum and a Spreadsheet Simulation
Quelle	In: Physics Education, 50 (2015) 1, S.58-63 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-9120
DOI	10.1088/0031-9120/50/1/58
Schlagwörter	Motion; Science Instruction; Physics; Scientific Principles; Secondary School Science; Questionnaires; Surveys; Student Attitudes; Science Experiments; Computer Simulation; Spreadsheets; Equations (Mathematics); Foreign Countries; Slovakia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bewegungsablauf; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Physik; Fragebogen; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Schülerverhalten; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Spread sheet; Spredsheets; Spreadsheet; Tabellenkalkulation; Equations; Mathematics; Gleichungslehre; Ausland; Slowakei
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01