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Lesson Plan: Projectile Motion at Any Angle Mathematics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to find the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity of a projectile and analyze and solve problems associated with projectile motion at any angle.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- find the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity of a projectile given its speed and angle of projection,
- find the initial speed and angle of projection of a projectile given its initial velocity in vector form,
- solve projectile problems where the projectile is projected with both a horizontal and vertical component of velocity using the equations of motion,
- find the greatest height a particle reaches after it has been projected with a given velocity using the equations of motion.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the equations of motion,
- the projection of horizontal projectiles.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- projectile motion formulas,
- finding the parametric or Cartesian equations that represent the motion of a projectile,
- solving projectile problems in term of vectors to find missing accelerations, velocities, displacements, and times.
