We made a video about a celebratory shoulder bump. In our video we calculated force of impact, velocity, and explained Newton's third law. In the creation of the video we were allowed 7 class days or 14 hours. The first 2 days we spent scripting and story boarding. The next 5 days were used to film and edit. In the video we also explained how to preform a shoulder bump. My group explained what to do during a shoulder bump and what not to do during a shoulder bump too.
CONTENT:
Force of an Impact: To calculate the force of an impact we had to use the formula ft=mv. Or in other words, Force x Mass = Mass x Velocity. Since Newton's Third Law states: the force A exerts on B is the same B exerts on A. We only need to use the mass and velocity of one person. We chose to use Ben's mass and velocity to get 489 Newtons or 122 pounds.
Vertical Velocity: To find vertical velocity you have to find the person's total time in air and multiply it by the acceleration due to gravity. In our video, we calculated Ben's vertical velocity. His velocity was about 1.96 meters per second. This converts into about 4.38 miler per hour.
Horizontal Velocity: To find horizontal velocity you have to divide the change in distance by the change of time. In our video we found the horizontal velocity of Ryan in the air. We found that he was going 1.32 meters per second. This converts to about 2.95 miles per hour.
REFLECTION:
In the creation of our video, I learned about many non-physics concepts. One non-physics concept was collaboration. Collaboration was learned in our video because we needed everyone's input and ideas in the video to make sure it was at its highest potential. Another non-physics concept was corporation. Corporation was practiced when only one person could work one the video. This person would sometimes need something and the rest of the group that wasn't doing anything had to do it.
In our video there were two main peaks and pits. One pit was the shoulder bump between Ryan and Jake (me). We couldn't get a good shoulder bump between Jake (me) and Ryan because Ryan kept falling over. To solve this we chose to add a, what not to do, segment at the end of the video and explain what Ryan did wrong. Another pit was doing something academic the whole time. When the video was getting edited only one person could work on it at a time, so the rest of the group was left stranded. We solved this problem by doing other classwork when we couldn't work on the video. One peak was our team work. I think everyone in our group contributed to the video. This was good because everyone's ideas and voices were heard and put into the video. The final peak was the showing night. This was a peak because we were able to show off all of our hard work. In the end, I though our project was very successful and I would love to do it again.