Written and produced by three of my former students (Kenneth Hall, Heather Kotwas, Sarah Chakales) the following video shows three superheros doing battle using concepts in projectile motion that they learned in physics class.
They also poke fun at some of my quirks, specifically my use of made up words such as “detangify”, the manner in which I pronounce “components”, and my insistence on using “ph” to spell “phun”. Basically, anytime they do or say something that seems odd in the video, they are making fun of me.
This is the first video in our homework problem solution series. It is a classic example of a one-dimensional motion problem most students would encounter in an introductory physics class.
The problem: I go outside and climb onto the roof of the building. I drop a rock off of the top and with a stopwatch I time how long the rock takes to reach the ground. The stopwatch reads 2 seconds when the rock hits the ground. How tall is the building?
Click on the video below to see the solution worked out in real time. The text in the video is impossible to read, but it is just the problem above written out. Future videos will have this problem corrected. The actual problem solving is clear.
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Written and produced by my former student, Jennifer Seese, the following video provides an entertaining introduction to the concept of momentum and its conservation. Click play.
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A former student of mine, Daniel Casanova, wrote and produced the following video exposing the fraud that is centrifugal force. For an entertaining tutorial on circular motion, click play.
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This video combines everyones favorite show “Saved by the Bell” with physics and music by The Monkees. Dr. Jeremy Levy at the University of Pittsburgh and his Physics 0110 students deserve some major Physics Phan points for that combination.
There is very little actual physics in the video, and it’s not really that funny. But I’ve always loved “Saved by the Bell” and The Monkees, so the concept is good.
