For this fun project, we had to create a video explaining all the physics of an action in a sport, in a fun and creative way. Our group chose to make a video on a golf drive. We started by making a script and a storyboard, to help the process of making his video. Then we got all the shots we needed and compiled it together with pictures, text, and the script. We did some extra tweaks at the end, added music, and then it was all done! Finally we did a class presentation and then a Film Festival, showing off all our cool videos.
Momentum: Momentum is how fast an object goes and is M = V x m. We found the momentum of the golf club in the video. Our momentum was 0.514 kgm/s.
Force: A force is how hard two objects collide and is F = ma. We found the force of the swing in the video. Our force was 1128 N.
Impulse: An impulse is how hard and fast two objects collide and is Impulse = Ft. We found the impulse of the club and the golf ball colliding. Our impulse was 0.508 Ns.
Horizontal Velocity: This is how fast something moves forwards and is NOT, I repeat, NOT affected by vertical velocity. We took the approximate distance and how much time it took the golf ball to go this distance to find its horizontal velocity in the video. Our horizontal velocity was 20 m/s
Vertical Velocity: This is how fast an object moves up and down, due to gravity. We found this with d = at squared. This is only theoretically true, due to air resistance. Our vertical velocity was 14.7 m/s.
Total Velocity: This is the combination of horizontal and vertical velocity, found using the pythagorean theorem. Ours was 24 m/s.
I enjoyed going to the golf course and filming for this project. I also enjoyed the video editing process I think we did well getting all the clips and working as a team to make a great video. I learned many more uses for Windows Movie Maker and also that it's a terrible program to edit videos on, but it gets the job done. It was challenging trying to figure out how to edit the video and also to get a good shot of the golf drive. We couldn't actually get a clear shot of it, so we had to switch to a 5 Iron and try to capture that. I can still work on video editing more, and maybe finding a better program, and also be more productive. There were a few flaws to our process for making the video. For example, we didn't have a good plan at the beginning and had to edit it as we went, which didn't help our deadline. We also didn't have the best recording device, which made it way harder to capture the golf ball. In general this was a fun project.
Momentum: Momentum is how fast an object goes and is M = V x m. We found the momentum of the golf club in the video. Our momentum was 0.514 kgm/s.
Force: A force is how hard two objects collide and is F = ma. We found the force of the swing in the video. Our force was 1128 N.
Impulse: An impulse is how hard and fast two objects collide and is Impulse = Ft. We found the impulse of the club and the golf ball colliding. Our impulse was 0.508 Ns.
Horizontal Velocity: This is how fast something moves forwards and is NOT, I repeat, NOT affected by vertical velocity. We took the approximate distance and how much time it took the golf ball to go this distance to find its horizontal velocity in the video. Our horizontal velocity was 20 m/s
Vertical Velocity: This is how fast an object moves up and down, due to gravity. We found this with d = at squared. This is only theoretically true, due to air resistance. Our vertical velocity was 14.7 m/s.
Total Velocity: This is the combination of horizontal and vertical velocity, found using the pythagorean theorem. Ours was 24 m/s.
I enjoyed going to the golf course and filming for this project. I also enjoyed the video editing process I think we did well getting all the clips and working as a team to make a great video. I learned many more uses for Windows Movie Maker and also that it's a terrible program to edit videos on, but it gets the job done. It was challenging trying to figure out how to edit the video and also to get a good shot of the golf drive. We couldn't actually get a clear shot of it, so we had to switch to a 5 Iron and try to capture that. I can still work on video editing more, and maybe finding a better program, and also be more productive. There were a few flaws to our process for making the video. For example, we didn't have a good plan at the beginning and had to edit it as we went, which didn't help our deadline. We also didn't have the best recording device, which made it way harder to capture the golf ball. In general this was a fun project.