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The monkey drops from the tree at the moment the banana is fired from the cannon. Determine where to aim the cannon so the monkey catches the banana. The position of the cannon, launch angle and initial velocity of the banana can be varied. Students can observe the velocity vectors and the paths of the monkey and banana. This activity provides students in senior physics with a chance to study projectile motion in detail. Best For: Algebra I, Geometry.

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Student Class Enrollment. Enroll in Class. Sign Up Free. Launch Gizmo. Feed the Monkey Projectile Motion. Feed the Monkey Projectile Motion Fire a banana cannon at a monkey in a tree. MS Word. Google Doc New! Download Shoot the Monkey Student Investigation This activity provides students in senior physics with a chance to study projectile motion in detail.

Subscribing teachers can download lesson materials contributed by other teachers, as well as contribute their own lesson materials for Gizmos. For information on how to subscribe, please contact us. Would the banana hit the monkey? As is obvious from the animation above, the banana moves in a parabolic path in the presence of gravity.

In the presence of gravity, the monkey also accelerates downward once he lets go of the limb. Both banana and monkey experience the same acceleration since gravity causes all objects to accelerate at the same rate regardless of their mass. Since both banana and monkey experience the same acceleration each will fall equal amounts below their gravity-free path.

Thus, the banana hits the monkey. Since the banana left the muzzle moving very fast, the banana reaches the monkey before the monkey has fallen very far. Now let's suppose that the zookeeper aims at the monkey but shoots the banana with a slow speed.

Will this lead to success? To further study the Monkey and Zookeeper dilemma and see additional animations, click on one of the following links.