This is a Falling Ball project to showcase algorithmic thinking in a STEM domain. The project shows how to model position, velocity, gravity/acceleration, as well as floor collision and bouncing. This extended version also adds user interaction to place/move the ball. Start the simulation with the green flag, the ball will fall, and bounce until it stays still on the floor. At any point, you can drag the ball with the mouse to any new position; the ball will start falling from there! Check inside the project for link to step-by-step tutorial and slides.
Presentation at MAV'24 on integrating mathematics with STEM and Computational Thinking. A previous version was done in MAV'22. Max Stephen and Sebastian Sardina (Contact: sebastian.sardina@rmit.edu.au) We acknowledge the help of msardina (https://scratch.mit.edu/users/msardina/) in creating a first version.
