Physics of Sports
Our Freshman STEM class was tasked by the San Marin Sports Department to create a video to improve a specific sports action to improve our struggling sports teams. Mikey Harris, Sebastion Zarrehparvar, Ryan Tavenner, and I did just that, showing the physics of a penalty kick.
We began by creating a storyboard detailing what we were going to put in our film. Sadly, it was not very well followed. After that, we went to the soccer field and recorded videos for the film and others for specific measurements that looked aesthetically poor. While filming, we were easily distracted and spent a lot of time goofing around instead of working so when it actually came to making the film, we were strapped for time. In the end, we did finish, but after going a few hours after the due date.
Concepts
Vectors- These are magnitudes given in a certain direction. We found the total velocity of the ball in flight, which is an example of a vector, using trignometry by adding the vectors together.
Potential Energy- This is a form of energy that is stored and is measured in Joules (J) or Newtons (N) per Meter (m). There are many ways to create potential energy, but in our film we looked primarily at potential energy due to gravity.
Kinetic Energy- This form of energy is due to movement and is measured in Joules, like Potential Energy. It was commonly transferred from one object to another when an object strikes another.
Reflection
I felt I could have done much better on this project. I didn't have the same motivation, energy, or persistence to get it finished. Our final product is evident of the lack of interest both from me and my group mates. One of our pits was time management. We didn't realize how long the editing would take and we fell behind in the end and had to spend a few more hours on it to get it finished. Another pit in our group was the way our team collaborated. We all had different visions for the final product and it created a lot of tension as we were trying to finish the video. Though we did struggle, we had some peaks also. One peak was that the other projects have only something to grow off of now and hopefully I will be able to collaborate with my group mates better and stay on a time line so we don't fall behind. Another peak was that my team designated jobs for every person so everyone was always contributing to our project.
Concepts
Vectors- These are magnitudes given in a certain direction. We found the total velocity of the ball in flight, which is an example of a vector, using trignometry by adding the vectors together.
Potential Energy- This is a form of energy that is stored and is measured in Joules (J) or Newtons (N) per Meter (m). There are many ways to create potential energy, but in our film we looked primarily at potential energy due to gravity.
Kinetic Energy- This form of energy is due to movement and is measured in Joules, like Potential Energy. It was commonly transferred from one object to another when an object strikes another.
Reflection
I felt I could have done much better on this project. I didn't have the same motivation, energy, or persistence to get it finished. Our final product is evident of the lack of interest both from me and my group mates. One of our pits was time management. We didn't realize how long the editing would take and we fell behind in the end and had to spend a few more hours on it to get it finished. Another pit in our group was the way our team collaborated. We all had different visions for the final product and it created a lot of tension as we were trying to finish the video. Though we did struggle, we had some peaks also. One peak was that the other projects have only something to grow off of now and hopefully I will be able to collaborate with my group mates better and stay on a time line so we don't fall behind. Another peak was that my team designated jobs for every person so everyone was always contributing to our project.