Newton, that clever fellow :)

So, on Friday we discussed Newton's third law. The phrase we learned was "A force exerted by ___________ on ________." And the harder you push on something, the harder it pushes back onto you. Both objects will always have an equal amount of force. However, friction can fool the eye, and make it appear as if one thing has more force upon the other.

For instance, at the market, Elissa pushes my cart around the store (as shown above). Although both have an equal amount of force, the cart is being moved. This is due to the friction from Elissa's feet to the ground. Therefore, "A force exerted by Elissa on the shopping car" is my bunch of physics for the weekend :)

Soccer :)

Hey guys! Well, this is my first REAL physics blog, considering my last one was just a bunch of rambling :) Anyways, I play soccer. And it just dawned on me that soccer has almost everything to do with physics. First of all, I'm a defender. When there is a lot of pressure put on the defender, the safest thing to do is to blast the ball as far as you can to the other side of the field. To avoid a collision with other players, we usually kick the ball in the air. And guess what?! I bet that the ball has an acceleration of -9.8 m/s (squared!) when falling back onto the field! Amazingggg! :) And when we occasionally make that super nice pass to our team mate, the ball is undergoing Newton's first law. And the grass provides friction which is the reason why the ball eventually stops motion. Yayyyy. Well, considering we haven't learned lots&lots of things in physics, this was the only relation I could come up with for the time beinggg. Seee you guys later!

my first blog :)

Compared to all of my other classes, physics is by far the hardest! Chem was way more fun, I just think physics doesn't like me. Oh well :) From the time I walked into the classroom, the first thing that made me laugh was Doc's scooter picture with his helmet on :) Totally unepected!! Anyways, I like our lab book because it forces me to stay organized, versus loose papers all over the place. I also really enjoy our labs. Although it may seem boring, our class somehow always manages to make it super fun. However, I may not be the best lab partner, considering that I really suck at catching cars that fall off the table (yeah, Kelli?!) Not to mention I seriously suck at jumping. Doc could easily grab the tape I put on the wall...when I jumped! How pathetic. Hahaha. Well, other than that, I'd say that our first test was pretty successful, all thanks to Doc! The present most definitely made me smile! :) And I'm sure it made everyone else happy too. Well, as much as I'd like to ramble forever, I have to go to work :) Okay physics, bring it on :)