Summary
Over the last few weeks, the Stem kids have been working on a "Physics of Sports Video" where we break down the physics of many different sports. This is to help athletes of different sports excel at their sport. My group consisted of Donny, Arno and Linsey and we did "The Physics of an Aerial." This is like a cartwheel but without hand. This video consists The build-up, The Hurdle, The Push-off and The Landing which are the four main steps of completing an Aerial. We first started out by brainstorming ideas and came up with the idea of doing an Aerial. The next few days we took videos and measurements of the action. Luckily, with our great performer "Lindsey Loeber" we got near perfect measurements and got to watch a world class performer in action. We also took videos of our introductions and voice records of us talking about the physics. Later, we started to create a video and after tons of editing, the above video was our result. It was an exciting and both challenging experience to make this video.
Reflection
During this project, I enjoyed to work with new people in my group. I also enjoyed being outside to make this video and becoming better at editing movies. Our group worked pretty well together and we didn't have any real conflicts. One of the things that we encountered was what type of computer and ipad we were going to work with. We were going to do it on an ipad but that did not really work so I brought in my mac a little late. It was also my first time working with imovie and that was a new experience for me. Our group also collaborated really well on the physics calculations piece. It was like was a piece of cake because we took good measurements and got precise calculations.
There were also go ups and downs with the project. I think we all worked together really well together and we kept worked towards our goal. Our group got of task sometimes and that cost us a little in the end because we were just a bit behind on getting our video to youtube. We also had a hard time getting the right videos and voice records that we wanted to use in our video. It took a little bit, but we got the job done and came out with a strong video.
Myself, I think I really contributed to this project and did lots of work to get this video edited and done on time. I easily got off task and just started talking to the people around me. In the end, I think it was a super fun experience and I was very proud of my group overall.
Concepts
Momentum- Is the quantity of motion of a moving body. You can find this by multiplying mass and velocity. During the action, Lindsey had a certain velocity that was 3.20 m/s.
Speed- How fast something is moving. It is calculated by dividing distance by time. The measurement of time is meters per second. Our athlete had a speed of 7.16 mph during the action.
Velocity- Velocity is how far an object travels in a given amount of time. It is calculated by dividing distance over time. When our performer moves through the air, she has a certain velocity.
Force- The push or pull of any given object. You calculate force by multiplying mass times acceleration. Our athlete had a force of 1,738 Newtons. Thats quite a bit of force.
Over the last few weeks, the Stem kids have been working on a "Physics of Sports Video" where we break down the physics of many different sports. This is to help athletes of different sports excel at their sport. My group consisted of Donny, Arno and Linsey and we did "The Physics of an Aerial." This is like a cartwheel but without hand. This video consists The build-up, The Hurdle, The Push-off and The Landing which are the four main steps of completing an Aerial. We first started out by brainstorming ideas and came up with the idea of doing an Aerial. The next few days we took videos and measurements of the action. Luckily, with our great performer "Lindsey Loeber" we got near perfect measurements and got to watch a world class performer in action. We also took videos of our introductions and voice records of us talking about the physics. Later, we started to create a video and after tons of editing, the above video was our result. It was an exciting and both challenging experience to make this video.
Reflection
During this project, I enjoyed to work with new people in my group. I also enjoyed being outside to make this video and becoming better at editing movies. Our group worked pretty well together and we didn't have any real conflicts. One of the things that we encountered was what type of computer and ipad we were going to work with. We were going to do it on an ipad but that did not really work so I brought in my mac a little late. It was also my first time working with imovie and that was a new experience for me. Our group also collaborated really well on the physics calculations piece. It was like was a piece of cake because we took good measurements and got precise calculations.
There were also go ups and downs with the project. I think we all worked together really well together and we kept worked towards our goal. Our group got of task sometimes and that cost us a little in the end because we were just a bit behind on getting our video to youtube. We also had a hard time getting the right videos and voice records that we wanted to use in our video. It took a little bit, but we got the job done and came out with a strong video.
Myself, I think I really contributed to this project and did lots of work to get this video edited and done on time. I easily got off task and just started talking to the people around me. In the end, I think it was a super fun experience and I was very proud of my group overall.
Concepts
Momentum- Is the quantity of motion of a moving body. You can find this by multiplying mass and velocity. During the action, Lindsey had a certain velocity that was 3.20 m/s.
Speed- How fast something is moving. It is calculated by dividing distance by time. The measurement of time is meters per second. Our athlete had a speed of 7.16 mph during the action.
Velocity- Velocity is how far an object travels in a given amount of time. It is calculated by dividing distance over time. When our performer moves through the air, she has a certain velocity.
Force- The push or pull of any given object. You calculate force by multiplying mass times acceleration. Our athlete had a force of 1,738 Newtons. Thats quite a bit of force.