This project was to choose a sports action, ours was a football throw, and show the physics in the action, in order to make a player's action better. This required us to keep in mind the forces of momentum, impulse, and of projectile motion. We talk about the balance of the weight of the player, the momentum put into the ball, and the angle and velocity that the ball should ideally travel at.
This project had quite a bit more time constraint than the rube goldberg machine.While the rube goldberg machine had 4-6 weeks, this project had only about 3-4 with not all of them being project days. This led to us having to manage our time wisely, and concentrating on the work more than in the rube goldberg machine project. We still managed to pull through and get the job done in time, even though the film festival isn't until January 7th.
Momentum: the amount of energy in a moving object. it is mass time velocity. the ball has a momentum in the player's hand and in the air.
Impulse:
Force: Force=mass times acceleration, or F=ma Newtons: N - Force is shown as a push or pull on an object
Work: Joules: J
Velocity: meters per second or m/s - velocity is speed in a certain direction, which means that speed does not have a direction required for it. The ball has a velocity in the air and while being thrown.
Acceleration: meters per second per second or m/s squared - acceleration is rate of change of the motion of an object, the ball has an acceleration in the motion of the player's hand, and in the motion of going through the air.
We could have been more on task and goofed off less during filming, we also could have gone over calculations more thoroughly. This left a few mistakes in our video. I learned how my input can change how the project turns out, and that it is better when I actually find a way to help, getting the job done faster. I also learned that am less handy with computers than I originally thought, which I did not realize until now. The filming was difficult, as we did not have a full and specific script to go off of, which means that we could have done more pre-planning.
This project had quite a bit more time constraint than the rube goldberg machine.While the rube goldberg machine had 4-6 weeks, this project had only about 3-4 with not all of them being project days. This led to us having to manage our time wisely, and concentrating on the work more than in the rube goldberg machine project. We still managed to pull through and get the job done in time, even though the film festival isn't until January 7th.
Momentum: the amount of energy in a moving object. it is mass time velocity. the ball has a momentum in the player's hand and in the air.
Impulse:
Force: Force=mass times acceleration, or F=ma Newtons: N - Force is shown as a push or pull on an object
Work: Joules: J
Velocity: meters per second or m/s - velocity is speed in a certain direction, which means that speed does not have a direction required for it. The ball has a velocity in the air and while being thrown.
Acceleration: meters per second per second or m/s squared - acceleration is rate of change of the motion of an object, the ball has an acceleration in the motion of the player's hand, and in the motion of going through the air.
We could have been more on task and goofed off less during filming, we also could have gone over calculations more thoroughly. This left a few mistakes in our video. I learned how my input can change how the project turns out, and that it is better when I actually find a way to help, getting the job done faster. I also learned that am less handy with computers than I originally thought, which I did not realize until now. The filming was difficult, as we did not have a full and specific script to go off of, which means that we could have done more pre-planning.