The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect. - Neil deGrasse Tyson
About this assignment
You will have the opportunity to discuss this assignment with your peers. However, each students will submit an individual paper for marking.
Learning Objectives
- Review main physics concepts we learned in Mechanics
- Apply physics concepts to real-life examples
- Apply problem-solving strategies
- Recognize the role physics and technology play in our life
To Do
Task 1
Exploration
To Do
2. Discuss it with your group members and answer the following questions:
- What is BMR?
- What BMR depends on?
- What was new to you in this activity?
- How BMR calculator can help maintain healthy life?
3. Write down the answers to include in your assignment paper for submission.
4. Create a concept map of physics related concepts in this activity.
You can use technology tools to do this or draw on paper and take a picture of it to add to your assignment for submission.
Task 2
Critical Thinking
To Do
1. Watch the video Football physics: The "impossible" free kick - Erez Garty (2015).
2. Discuss the videos with your group members and answer the following questions:
- What was the most interesting to you in this video?
- What physics principle underlies the banana kick? Explain.
- What causes the ball to curve? Explain.
- In what other sports the magnus effect can be observed?
3. Write down the answers to the questions to include in your assignment paper for submission. Make sure the answers are detailed and include the terms and ideas we discuss in this course. Use diagrams if necessary.
Task 3
Application
To Do
- Watch the video An athlete uses physics to shatter world records - Asaf Bar-Yosef (2014).
2. Consider a jumper using traditional Straddle method and the Fosbury Flop method. In which jump the position of center of mass is higher?
Define center of mass.
Draw a free body diagram to illustrate all the forces acting on the jumper and the position of center of mass when the jumper is above the bar.
3. Watch this slow motion video of high jumps.
4. State and illustrate by example three physics concepts involved in high jumps that an athlete need to be aware of is he or she has the goal to win.
5. What health-related aspects of the training do those athletes need to consider?
Task 4
Reflection
Watch this video showing Dick Fosbury's gold medal jump in 1968.
What have you learned about physics in sports and fittness by doing this assignment?
Suggest a current application or future possibilities of the ideas you learned in everyday life or in health related professions. Explain briefly physics behind your example.
The universe is made of stories, not atoms. - Muriel Rukeyser
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