For my Real World Application project, I am focusing on the physics of bowling. My project will either exist as a video or powerpoint with figures and video clips.
Slide #1: Title page- Real World Application of Bowling (with image)
Slide #2: A video clip of throwing a boling ball down a lane and knocking down all the pins (strike).
Slide #3: Newton's 1st Law- An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.
Slide #4: How Newton's 1st law applies to bowling. If you set a bowling ball down on the ground, it won't move towards and knock down the pins unless a force (a person) throws/ rolls it, transferring a force to the ball so that it moves. The force that the human exerts on the ball is then transferred to the bowling pins once in contact with the bowling ball, even though it is a smaller force than the initial force. If a person doesn't exert enough force onto the bowling ball, the ball won't travel far enough down the lane to hit the pins. Explain inertia and how inertia relates to bowling.
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Here would be an explanation of friction and the way the floor in the lane is angled. Bowling lanes typically have wood floors so that there is less friction in which the ball can travel faster. Explain the structure of a bowling ball and how that adds to the physics of bowling (the materials, three finger holes, etc). Add a diagram (force of player on the ball to the left/ towards the pins, force of friction on the ball the the right/ away from the pins). The angular velocity vector changes direction as the ball travels down the lane due to