Do Work Son

Work is the measurement of force times the distance an object is being pushed or pulled. The unit for work is a Joule which is also the unit for potential/kinetic energy. Potential energy is energy that is stored while kinetic energy is energy in motion. This weekend I had to play babysitter and watch all of my cousins. In doing so we went to the Kamalani playground. Here is where I got a shot of them doing Physics. So at their highest point on the swing they have full potential energy. Just hanging on the swing directly below they have full kinetic energy and no potential energy. Halfway between these two points their potential and kinetic energy are cut in half. 

Give Thanks

This weekend I got the pleasure to go home to the beautiful island of Kauai to spend my thanksgiving. Everyone knows that after thanksgiving is the famous Black Friday Sales where people become madmen and rush into stores to get deals. I happen to participate in these activities and running late I decided to speed on the road. My lesson learned is that speeding is not a good idea. Not paying attention I had to slam my breaks on my toyota Camry and got into a friendly fender bender with a large toyota tacoma. I am thankful for physics because I would have continued to stay in motion and skidded  until the point where my hood would have got demolished  by the truck. Thankfully there was an outside unbalanced force (the tow hitch) that stopped me from totally destroying my hood.