A dude jumping on a moving trampoline is a great excuse to dive into the unexpected properties of projectile motion.

The textbooks say that the maximum range for projectile motion (with no air resistance) is 45 degrees. How do you get this? Here we go.

Season 2 Episode 405 | 30m 1s Projectile Motion: The terms projectile and trajectory are introduced. Students learn to describe horizontal and vertical components of a projectile’s motion.