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A r t
a n d
P h y s i c s
X C R E D
A
N e w t o n i a n
P o e m
N e w t o n ' s
L a w s
o f
M o t i o n
S u r e
d o
c a u s e
s t u d e n t s a
l o t
o f
c o m m o t i o n .
W h a t
i s
a n
i n e r t i a l
r e f e r e n c e
f r a m e ?
A n d
d o e s
t h eo b j e c t ' s
s p e e d
s t a y
t h e
s a m e ?
H o w
d o e s
a c c e l e r a t i o n
r e l a t e
t o
m a s s ?
C a n
a
f r e e - b o d y
d i a g r a m
b e
b y p a s s e d ?
S i n c e
f o r c e
i s
a
v e c t o r
a n d
F = m a ,
N e w t o n ' s
r u l e s
o n e
m u s t
o b e y !
I t ' s
a
p r o v e n
f a c t
t h a t
e v e r y
a c t i o n
H a s
a n
e q u a l
a n d
o p p o s i t e
r e a c t i o n ;
A n d
t h a t
a
n e t
f o r c e
a l w a y s
h a s
a
p u r p o s e ,
T o
c h a n g e
t h e o b j e c t ' s v e l o c i t y
o f
c o u r s e .
S o
r e m e m b e r
t h e s e l a w s ,
W h a t
e a c h
u n i t
o f
m e a s u r e
w a s ,
A n d
t h a t
a l l
f o r c e s
o c c u r
i np a i r s ,
B e c a u s e
t h e y
s h o u l d
n o t
b e
t h e
c a u s e
o f
n i g h t m a r e s !
For
my
ART
XCRED,
I
decided
to
make
a
playground
sculpture
out
of
candy.
This
project
emphasized
the
fact
that
we
may
have
just
started
to
learn
about
physics
concepts,
but
they
have
been
affecting
us
for
our
entire
life.
I
showed
how
the
concepts
we
learned
made
it
possible
for
us
to
have
fun
as
recess
when
we
were
children.
While
many
concepts
are
involved
in
each
part,
I
will
highlight
only
a
few
(or
else
this
write
up
could
go
on
forever).
This
is
just
an
overall
picture
of
the
playground.
Included
is
a
sandbox
with
two
gummy
bears
fighting,
a
swing,
a
see
‐
saw
and
a
slide,
where
gummy
bears
collide
at
the
bottom!
This
is
the
swing.
I
chose
this
to
represent
two
concepts:
tension
and
centripetal
acceleration.
Additionally,
the
swing
can
act
as
an
object
undergoing
rotational
motion.
The
forces
involved
became
very
evident
when
I
tried
to
make
the
swing
stay
up
without
falling
off.
I
had
to
create
a
tension
in
the
candy
ropes
that
offset
the
weight
of
the
gummy
bear
+
the
weight
of
the
chocolate
seat.
If
I
had
done
this
while
the
swing
was
swinging,
the
tension
would
have
not
just
been
the
weight
(mass*gravity),
but
would
have
also
included
the
mass
times
the
centripetal
acceleration,
defined
at
Fc=mv
2
/r
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