Kinematics

Displacement, velocity, time, and acceleration is all associated with the study of kinematics. Today my dad and I worked on one of my cars. We had to change the starter and to do that we had to drive all the way to checkers to buy a new one. We drove for about 20 minutes which isnt that far. Maybe about 20 miles total travel. But, my displacement was a big fat 0 because i parked my other car in the exact same spot when i got home. Kinematics is important to learn and can show us many things. We use it in our every day lives and dont even know it.

Football'N'Physics

This post is an example of what I learned this week in Physics. This week I learned about the relationships between variables. We did this in our lab using a pendulum and we changed variables such as the weight and string length. For my example I chose an image of a football. The relationship I chose is the faster you run the harder you hit. As your speed increases, the impact of your hit increases. As your speed decreases, the impact of your hit decreases. So in order to get a big hit in football, you need to build your speed because the more speed you have before contact, the harder your hit will be. From this first lesson I learned that science is not only something learned in school, it is a subject that teaches us about sports as well, and in my case its football!

Hello! my name is Kory Rasmussen. I come from a beautiful place called Ewa Beach. I live with my mom, dad, and two brothers. I have three house pit bulls and they are a hand full. I have been attending Kamehameha Schools Kapalama since the seventh grade. In my busy life I like to play football, lift weights, go to the beach, and cruze. But with most of my time I just play football. So far in science I have taken whatever I had to in intermediate, and continued with biology, chemistry and now physics. I am in college algebra this semester and will be taking trig next semester. By completing this course I hope to obtain my diploma. Finally the picture I chose is of me in my football jersey because without football I dont know what I would be doing with my life.