Angry Birds – Physics Phun
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Using Google Chrome or Firefox, go to http://chrome.angrybirds.com or use the PhET website
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/projectile-motion . The level you are on does not matter. (you can
NOT use Internet Explorer for this).
Using the game or PhET website, explore projectile motion and answer these questions:
Type up your answers.
How do you get the bird to travel the farthest?
Can you find multiple launch angles that will land on the same spot? What is true about those angles if they
exist? (PhET may be the most helpful here.)
Angle
Angle that hits Range
same range
What happens when you launch birds at the same angle but change the initial velocity?
Initial
Velocity
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What happens when you launch birds at the same velocity but change the initial angle?
Angle
Range
Angle
What launch angles have the longest time in flight?
Angle
Time
What launch angles have the shortest time in flight?
Angle
Time
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What did you notice about the movement and behavior of the birds and the objects that they collided with?
How the objects fall, rock, bounce, etc?
What is the acceleration due to gravity (g) in the Angry Birds world? (Explain how you would figure this
out. What measurements would you have to make?)
Procedure
Data
What do you need to know to solve this?
Is there any information that you would have to make an assumption to help figure this out?
How does your answer compare to other groups? Site specific examples. e.g. Livia found g on Danger
Above 7-1 to be 15 m/s2.
Is the acceleration due to gravity the same on different levels or does it change from level to level?
Do different birds have different accelerations due to gravity or is g the same for every bird on a particular
level?
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