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Name: Common Free-Fall Pitfalls Category: Kinematics Date Added: 22 May 2014 - 04:32 PM Submitter: Flipping Physics Short Description: None Provided Yes, there are mistakes that many people make when it comes to free-fall acceleration problems. I dispel many misconceptions and explain both why people think they are true and why they actually aren't. Oh, and there are some special effects too! Content Times: 0:14 Review of the Basics of Free-Fall 1:04 1st Misconception - The acceleration on the way up is positive 2:09 2nd Misconception - The initial velocity going upward is zero 2:45 3rd Misconception - A thrown ball will accelerate faster than a dropped ball 4:00 Reminder - Velocity at the top is zero 4:29 4th Misconception - The acceleration at the top is zero 6:36 Review View Video

Name: Dropping a Ball from 2.0 Meters - An Introductory Free-Fall Acceleration Problem Category: Kinematics Date Added: 22 May 2014 - 04:20 PM Submitter: Flipping Physics Short Description: None Provided In this introductory free-fall acceleration problem we analyze a video of a medicine ball being dropped to determine the final velocity and the time in free-fall. Included are three common mistakes students make. "Why include mistakes?" you might ask. Well, it is important to understand what happens when you make mistakes so that you can recognize them in the future. There is also brief description of "parallax" and how it affects what you see in the video compared to reality. Content TImes: 0:26 Reading and viewing the problem 0:50 Describing the parallax issue 1:52 Translating the problem to physics 2:05 1st common mistake: Velocity final is not zero 3:09 Finding the 3rd UAM variable, initial velocity 3:56 Don't we need to know the mass of the medicine ball? 4:35 Solving for the final velocity in the y direction: part (a) 5:39 Identifying our 2nd common mistake: Square root of a negative number? 7:56 Solving for the change in time: part ( 8:28 Identifying our 3rd common mistake: Negative time? 9:36 Please don't write negative down! 10:27 Does reality match the physics? 11:07 The Review Want Lecture Notes? Next Video: Graphing the Drop of a Ball from 2.0 Meters - An Introductory Free-Fall Acceleration Problem Previous Video: Analyzing the Apollo 15 Feather and Hammer Drop -- A Basic Introductory Free-Fall Problem View Video

Name: Introduction to Acceleration with Prius Brake Slamming Example Problem Category: Kinematics Date Added: 21 May 2014 - 08:52 AM Submitter: Flipping Physics Short Description: None Provided This is an introduction to the concept of acceleration. There is also an example problem showing applying the brakes while driving a car in order to avoid hitting a basketball. Also included are common mistakes students make while solving a simple problem like this. It is important to see what those mistakes are because it helps students avoid them in the future. Content Times: 0:19 The Equation for Acceleration 1:06 The Dimensions for Acceleration 2:18 Acceleration has both Magnitude and Direction 3:00 Reading the Problem 3:15 Video of the Problem 4:29 Translating the Problem to Physics 5:03 Starting to solve the Problem (with mistakes) 5:37 Explaining two mistakes 7:34 Explaining another mistake 10:00 Outtakes (including a basketball dribbling montage) View Video