I’ve started recreating many of my numerical model tutorials for introductory physics. In the beginning, I had students use spreadsheets to create models. Of course, spreadsheets aren’t very good for ...

The terms projectile and trajectory are introduced. Projectile Motion: The terms projectile and trajectory are introduced. Students learn to describe horizontal and vertical components of a projectile ...

I wish Angry Birds had been around when I was teaching high school physics. Please don’t think of the game as a hate crime against hogs, or an avian anger management program—instead, think of it as a ...

In this video, we use Python lists to simulate many projectile motion balls at once, showing how to store positions, velocities, and update motion over time. Learn a simple, scalable approach to run ...

Master projectile motion simulations using Python functions! 🐍⚡ This tutorial walks you through coding techniques to model trajectories, calculate distances, and visualize motion in real time.