We set out to explain the physics behind a specific sports action. My group decided on doing a video about giants, which is a gymnastic move used to gain momentum, and speed for other skills in gymnastics. On the first day my group made an outline for the script, which also listed which physics concepts we were going to use. The next day we worked on the project, I brought in the video of the giants and we began solving all the math in the video. We finished the math the third day of work as well as our script and began recording. We had to restart recording because of noise issues and that's when we had to go out on the field where unfortunately we had to deal with wind and cars.
I enjoyed working on this project. I really loved actually doing the skill and video taping the narrators was kinda fun because of all the silly little mistakes. I think my group worked very efficiently and got everything done really quickly. Our group did run into some problems for example it took us several takes to get the script right, that and we goofed around just a little. I would've loved to change a few things like finding a better location to film or maybe improve the audio. I do admit however that I need to improve on focusing because I never edited due to distractions that I made for myself.
Some physics concepts we used and didn't use are...
Velocity- speed with a given direction, it is calculated by dividing distance over time, we found my overall velocity as I went around the bar.
Projectile Motion- a form of motion in which an object or particle is thrown and follows a trajectory that goes through many different velocities and vectors.
Impact Forces- the amount of force an object uses on another object when they impact each other.
Friction- the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, we gave the example of chalk on the hands/grip.
Momentum- the energy a moving object carries with it, it's calculated by multiplying mass by velocity, we found the momentum I had behind my swing.
Potential Energy- the amount of energy something should have, calculated by multiplying mass by gravity by height, we used to find the PE at the top and bottom of my swing.
Kinetic Energy- the amount of energy something actually has, calculated by multiplying 1/2 by mass by velocity squared, we found my KE at the top and bottom of the swing.
Centripetal Force- force that is necessary to keep and object moving in a curved path, calculated by multiplying mass by radius of circle by velocity squared, we found the centripetal force the swing had.
Velocity- speed with a given direction, it is calculated by dividing distance over time, we found my overall velocity as I went around the bar.
Projectile Motion- a form of motion in which an object or particle is thrown and follows a trajectory that goes through many different velocities and vectors.
Impact Forces- the amount of force an object uses on another object when they impact each other.
Friction- the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, we gave the example of chalk on the hands/grip.
Momentum- the energy a moving object carries with it, it's calculated by multiplying mass by velocity, we found the momentum I had behind my swing.
Potential Energy- the amount of energy something should have, calculated by multiplying mass by gravity by height, we used to find the PE at the top and bottom of my swing.
Kinetic Energy- the amount of energy something actually has, calculated by multiplying 1/2 by mass by velocity squared, we found my KE at the top and bottom of the swing.
Centripetal Force- force that is necessary to keep and object moving in a curved path, calculated by multiplying mass by radius of circle by velocity squared, we found the centripetal force the swing had.