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Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...
For basic projectile motion, the assumption is that the only force acting on the object is the gravitational force. This may work well if you toss a marble, but clearly doesn't work when you toss ...
Season 2 Episode 405 | 30m 1s Projectile Motion: The terms projectile and trajectory are introduced. Students learn to describe horizontal and vertical components of a projectile’s motion.
Students love the "range equation" in introductory physics, but it's really kind of silly. Here is a better way to calculate the maximum range of a projectile.
We want them to see projectile motion in baseball games, long football throws (think the famous Hail Mary, game-winning touchdown pass by Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach to Drew Pearson ...
In the Projectile Motion episode of NBC Learn's "The Science of NFL Football," you see that punted footballs travel in an arc known to mathematicians as a parabola. In any football game both teams ...