Comments on: What Can You Do With This: Projectile Motion

By: Nascent Vision of Technology IV: 21st Century Teachers « Quantum Progress

Nascent Vision of Technology IV: 21st Century Teachers « Quantum Progress — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:09:55 +0000

[…] with people all around the world. Here’s an example. This is a photo from one of Dan’s posts a couple of years back about exploring projectile motion. He went out on a field, took a tennis ball, threw it at a garbage can and went through the same […]

By: The Calculus Carrot « GL(s,R)

The Calculus Carrot « GL(s,R) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:03:06 +0000

[…] I don’t think so it is all a bit too much catnip for mathematicians we need to get back to throwing balls into garbage cans and other things that suck students in and get them invested in the answer I still like the […]

By: The Henricus » What Can You Do With This: Social Studies

The Henricus » What Can You Do With This: Social Studies — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:35:06 +0000

[…] called, “What Can You Do With This?” which is often an obscure picture, movie clip, photo, or anything where he asks in math terms: “what can you do with this?Â Readers then posit […]

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:42:45 +0000

Yep.

By: Jazo

Jazo — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:52:25 +0000

BTW, if it’s not asking too much, do you have a video of the outcome?

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:22:27 +0000

The lines on the grass? To the best of my knowledge they indicate nothing. I think it was a soccer field.

By: Jazo

Jazo — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:21:01 +0000

Question – for every number on the set of 4 photos you have, is that 2 feet, a yard, or a meter?

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:08 +0000

Rip it off. If it helps at all, here is a photo of me holding up 2 feet. You know, for reference.

By: Jazo

Jazo — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:57:40 +0000

Today in physics class, our teacher gave us our final exam project. We are in charge of teaching a certain chapter in our book. After looking at this a month ago, and seeing the option of “Projectile Motion”, I immediately took it. I’m using this in my presentation.

This is some amazing stuff, I must say.

By: Success? » Blog Archive » Another case working together benefits everyone

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:25:03 +0000

[…] himself throwing a ball into a trash can.Â Except, he only posted the first half of the flight.Â (See the original here.) This picture is one in his series of “What can you do with this?”, that challenges […]