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    Objectives
    • To predict the landing point of a projectile.


    • To describe the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion. 
    • To analyze and produce qualitative descriptions for the differences between the theoretical and actual results.

    Developed by
    Jeff Major
    Dr. Danine Ezell
    Dr. Jerry Lederman

    The Preuss School UCSD
    Copyright © 2001

    This project is supported, in part, 
    by the

    National Science Foundation

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    and not necessarily those of the National Science Foundation.
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