Banana Launcher — Monkey & Hunter

Slow-mo: Drag the barrel to aim · drag the stand for height · drag Mango (Lab)

📈 Live graphs — y vs t for the banana & Mango, and their vertical separation vs t · dashed = no gravity

Data table

#	Mode	g (m/s²)	v₀ (m/s)	θ (°)	h (m)	x_tree (m)	y_monkey (m)	Drop	Wind (m/s²)	T (s)	½gT² (m)	y_banana(T) (m)	y_monkey(T) (m)	Miss (m)	Result	Prediction

📘 AP Physics 1 notes — why aiming at the monkey works

🧪 Lab — set up any shot

Predict mode: call it before you launch

⏱ Timed challenge — 90 seconds

Time 90.0 sScore 0Combo ×0

Mango moves after every catch. Aim by dragging the barrel or the angle slider (no auto-aim!). Catch = 100 + 25 × combo.

🏅 Scoreboard (this computer)

#	Name	Score	Catches	Date

Launcher & Mango

Launch speed v₀ (m/s)

Angle θ (°)

Launcher height h (m)

Mango distance x (m)

Mango height y (m)

Mango lets go: by s

Gravity: m/s²

Wind on the banana

Readout

Explain each shot (why it hit or missed)

Inspired by the classic “monkey and hunter” demonstration and ExploreLearning’s Feed the Monkey Gizmo. Original implementation; not affiliated with or endorsed by ExploreLearning. No monkeys were harmed — Mango only ever catches bananas.

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Used only on this computer for your certificate and the timed-challenge scoreboard.

🍌 Banana Launcher — Monkey & Hunter