{"title":"The physics of nerf guns","authors":"Stephen Hughes","doi":"10.1088/1361-6552/ad4c47","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A class activity is described that involves taking a video of a nerf gun fired vertically. The ascension time of the nerf bullet is found by counting the number of video frames, which is then used to calculate the maximum height reached. The kinematic equations can then be used to calculate several extra pieces of information about the trajectory of the nerf bullet such as the initial velocity and the spring constant of the nerf gun, etc.","PeriodicalId":39773,"journal":{"name":"Physics Education","volume":"128 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physics Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ad4c47","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A class activity is described that involves taking a video of a nerf gun fired vertically. The ascension time of the nerf bullet is found by counting the number of video frames, which is then used to calculate the maximum height reached. The kinematic equations can then be used to calculate several extra pieces of information about the trajectory of the nerf bullet such as the initial velocity and the spring constant of the nerf gun, etc.
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