At the bottom of this page is a list of the different labs that use the video footage for data collection. To see these, scroll to the very bottom of this page to access the links, or you can use the links below.
PSI vs. MPH Inertia Transfer Melon Comparisons
History:
In the Spring of 2009, the science department purchased a high speed video camera. During that same year, I acquired a mold for a small cannonball. The combination of these ideas took a natural, albeit destructive, turn for the name of science. Here are some of the results.
Wikipage for the construction, engineering and planning crew.
http://leadball.wikispaces.com/
Here is a compilation of the really fun footage from the first outing (August 2009).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZbM9rvd1_c&feature=related
A friend of ours is a professional cameraman and video producer and compiled the following:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ESfe5JIMY&feature=youtube_gdata
The current plan is to set up the high speed videos so that physics students can analyze the data to determine speed, force, energy, etc. Those activities will be linked below.
The files below are some of the more interesting shots that ultimately were not used in any of the experiments (yet). But the footage was so good, they needed to be included somewhere.
We constructed a simulation of a standard "Stick house" with siding, house wrap, plywood, studs, insulation and drywall. We also shot at hollow cinderblocks.