Kinematics

   The grandfather clock is apart of my everyday life, is owned by everyone on the planet, a great tangible technology or representation of duration, and is an example of kinematics or the study of motion. As the hands of the clock move around the face, it creates a circular movement. Also, as the clock functions it shows a displacement of “0” at every hour when it chimes. What goes around comes around. It is important to use this type of technology because it simplifies our lives and helps to keep us on track. They also help to make our lives as effective as possible with its efficiency to be measureable and moveable. It’s amazing how many inventions including the grandfather clock that fall under the category of kinematics.

Dance Through Physics #1

The human body is a major aspect to what is classified as physics. In everyday life humans go about their day leaping and jumping and as a dancer, it is considered our second nature to do these things. Although, most times we don’t realize that physics plays a major role to how high or far we can do a jeté or jump. Now being able to study the relationships through physics, I’ve been paying closer attention to what the factors are in executing a perfect jump. Through the pendulum lab, I’ve learned that a jump has characteristics of a parabola or a quadratic relationship graph. As showed in the video of a friend, the muscles in the legs pushes off of the ground and the swinging momentum of the arms propels the dancer in the air till she reaches her maximum high before she starts to descend from her jump. 

Hello!

 Hi, my name is Kanoe Sakamoto and this year I will be a junior. In the picture above I celebrated my dog, Nalu's first birthday. Besides my Nalu girl, my hobbies include dancing, collecting shells, making jewelry, swimming, and going to the beach. Last year, I took Mr. Kim’s rigorous chemistry class that really opened my eyes to science’s contributions to the world. It made me realize that getting to know the language of science is hard work, but can be a rewarding feeling when you finally receive that “A”. I’m excited to be in physics this year and learn the nature of science. I’m also taking college algebra and trigonometry. I’m so thrilled to finally have classes at the top of the campus, but now that I’m here it seems so surreal how fast time flies. After completing this course, I hope to gain knowledge about why things happen and hope to be able to apply them in my life. I also hope to take away studying skills that will make me a better and more efficient student.