Physics of Sports
For the past few weeks my group and I have been constructing our physics of sports project video. The first few days we had to brain storm ideas on what our sport would be. Not being able to decide we crumbled up three pieces of paper with our own ideas and asked Mr. Williams to pick one. He picked diving off a block.
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All calculations are in this video.
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For this video we calculated diving's force of jumping off the blocks. We also calculated the horizontal velocity, which is the rate at which an object is traveling parallel to the earth. Finally, we calculated the vertical velocity, which is the rate at which an object is rising or falling.
Physics Terms
Velocity: The rate of distance traveled over a period of time. We used the equation change in distance divided by change in time. The velocity showed how fast the diver goes horizontally and vertically.
Force: The push or pull on an object which causes change in motion. The diver exerts more force when he or she is jumping off the diving block. The equation we used was mass times velocity equals force times time (mv=ft).Velocity: The rate of distance traveled over a period of time. We used the equation change in distance divided by change in time. The velocity showed how fast the diver goes horizontally and vertically.
Force: The push or pull on an object which causes change in motion. The diver exerts more force when he or she is jumping off the diving block. The equation we used was mass times velocity equals force times time (mv=ft).
Reflections
I had a great time working ob this video with Justin and Ashok, and I think we all worked really hard on this. But I would like to work on my leadership skills, and not being hesitant to state my opinions. I did improve on my patience, which was something I had to work on.
I learned so much doing this project: calculating the horizontal and vertical velocities of a moving object using time and distance. I'm glad we did this project.
Physics Terms
Velocity: The rate of distance traveled over a period of time. We used the equation change in distance divided by change in time. The velocity showed how fast the diver goes horizontally and vertically.
Force: The push or pull on an object which causes change in motion. The diver exerts more force when he or she is jumping off the diving block. The equation we used was mass times velocity equals force times time (mv=ft).Velocity: The rate of distance traveled over a period of time. We used the equation change in distance divided by change in time. The velocity showed how fast the diver goes horizontally and vertically.
Force: The push or pull on an object which causes change in motion. The diver exerts more force when he or she is jumping off the diving block. The equation we used was mass times velocity equals force times time (mv=ft).
Reflections
I had a great time working ob this video with Justin and Ashok, and I think we all worked really hard on this. But I would like to work on my leadership skills, and not being hesitant to state my opinions. I did improve on my patience, which was something I had to work on.
I learned so much doing this project: calculating the horizontal and vertical velocities of a moving object using time and distance. I'm glad we did this project.