Physics

My creative project focused on understanding the role of physics in the sports of halfpipe snowboarding. My overall research question focused on how physics influence this sport. In my project, I explored the fundamental concepts of physics which influence this sport, and how amateurs can benefit by improving their performance through the understanding of these basics ideas. The internet revolution has made educational resources accessible, however most of these resources are filled with scientific jargon which discourages most common people from using these resources since they are unable to follow the scientific terminologies. The significance of my project is to bring the ‘jargon-filled’ physics concepts to the public to make the sport of…

Kansas City Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez is the ace of the Royals pitching staff and he just pitched them to a World Series victory over the New York Mets. You may think that he can only throw that fast and accurate because he is bigger than you but there is much more to pitching than just the size of the pitcher. Even though pitching deals with the strength someone has to be a good pitcher you have to understand the physics and the force behind the actual pitch. In pitching you will need to…

Shane Babb Honors Physics Robin Pahr 14 October 2015 Physics in the Sport of Gymnastics Gymnastics. A sport in which gymnasts perform jumps, cartwheels, turns, handstands, and more on an apparatus such as a balance beam, floor mat, or even with a piece of rope or ribbon. Many people do not realize or care for the physics within a sport. However, every sport involves physics in some way, fashion, or form, and with all of the things that occur in gymnastics some form of physics must be involved.…

Whether it's obvious or unnoticeable, almost everything in the world involves mathematics in some way, shape, or form. Actions, objects, and even mindsets are all connected to math. All sports include hidden mathematical and/or scientific principles and laws that explain the actions that occur while playing. Soccer is one of the many sports that consists of mathematical and scientific laws that prove actions and measurements used in the game. Soccer, like any sport, is ruled by the laws…

My earliest memories involve my father talking joyously about the paper he was working on to my mother. In the years to follow I was included into these conversations, minimally at first, but soon I would be receiving most of it. To my pleasure once I began homeschooling I was almost instantly enrolled in an introductory mechanics class with some laboratory work. Although this class was incredibly fun and intriguing, it was not until I took my first proper physics class with Professor Walter…

second photo is used to show the moment of contact which is what I am talking about). In terms of the physics in the photo. The focus of this paper will be on the energy transfer from the bat to the ball, which causes the ball to reverse directions, increase velocity, and create a launch angle to potentially be a homerun. Physics in baseball is very complicated, where there are many things before during and after the swing occur, but the focus will be the moment of impact in order to stay…

He was born on January 4, 1643 and died on march 31, 1727. He was a physicist and a mathematician who developed the principles of modern physics, also the laws of motion, and was credited with one of the greatest minds of the 17th century. Newton made discoveries in optics, motion and mathematics. In 1668 he designed and constructed a reflecting telescope. Newton created a theory of gravity, it states that two objects attract each other with a force of gravitational attraction that's…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcmF5lDL8MM Have you ever been to an amusement park and wondered how a rollercoaster goes around the loop of the track? Well I sure have, this is all due to centripetal force. This is a force that acts on a body moving in a circular path and is directed toward the center around which the body is moving. The curves of these loops on rollercoasters resemble the curves of a circle. The coaster is continuously changing its direction while…

The thermal conductivity constant of the material (k) is glass, which found in the physics textbook is .80 J/smC° (Cutnell, 2012). Using a meter ruler, I measured the length of my window as 1.70 m and the width as 1.10 m. When multiplying these two values to find the Area (A), the value calculated was 1.87 m2. According to the Accuweather.com, choosing a random date of December 16th, the average outside temperature in Spokane, Washington was 3.33 C° (Tc). The temperature that the rooms in De…

Final Draft Marching band is a group of musicians who play instruments while marching together. Either to make shapes and pictures. Usually at some sports events and parades and are performed competitively as well. The Blue Devils are a well known, professional, marching band. Nevertheless there is a lot of physics involved. Whether it’s the tempo of the song, this would involve speed, other things are in factor too like velocity, acceleration, friction, and momentum. Mostly in the movement.…