Honors+Physics_+Vectors+and+Projectile+Motion

=Vectors and Projectile Motion=

**Notes**

 * Introduction to Vectors
 * Vector Arithmetic
 * Cartesian and Polar Notation of Vectors
 * Relative Motion
 * Horizontally Launched Projectiles
 * General Projectile Motion

Practice

 * Displacement
 * Geometric Addition of Vectors
 * Resolving a vector into its components
 * Translating between Cartesian and Polar Notation
 * Horizontally-Launched Projectiles
 * General Projectile Motion
 * General Projectile Motion II

Labs and Demonstrations

 * Lab: Treasure Hunt
 * Lab: PhET Vector Addition
 * Demo: Dropped vs. Horizontally-Shot Marble
 * Demo: Monkey and the Hunter and Video
 * Lab: Bullseye!
 * Lab: Evil Knievel / Ring of Fire
 * Virtual Lab: Projectile Motion and handout

Videos

 * Mythbusters: //Dropped vs. Fired Bullet//

Other Resources

 * Giambattista's Projectile Motion Applet
 * Water Fendt's (Force) Tail-to-Tip Vector Addition Applet
 * Dueling Cannons

Challenges

 * Prove that the trajectory of a horizontally-launched projectile is parabolic.
 * Obtain an expression for the range of a general projectile in terms of v_0, \theta, and g.
 * Obtain an expression describing the trajectory of a general projectile launched with initial speed v_0 at an angle \theta over level ground.