In physics this year, I expect to learn why things are the way they are. For example, as we discussed in class today, why we have seat belts, why air bags keep us safe, how credit cards work, the secrets to winning a game of tug of war, why an ice skater's speed increases when they pull their arms closer to their chest, and many other things of this nature.
A question that is often asked by students is why we are learning the material we are given. Well, I think that studying physics is important because, personally, I like to know the reason behind things. We all know about the law of gravity, but I don't think that I know anyone that knows why gravity is a law. Aside from learning the reasoning behind things, learning physics is important because we see and use physics everyday of our lives. For example; the lights turning green at stop lights when you are waiting to turn left, or sticking our feet in the sand until the tide touches our toes, and even the gift of sight. Another reason that learning physics is important is because knowing that all of these everyday things are caused by physics can allow us to create even more things that are useful in our everyday life. Seat belts, stop lights, baseball, tug of war, and ice skating were all, most likely, figured out and some even created by physicist. With more knowledge we can create and give a reason behind the unknown.
When I signed up for the class physics, I realized I didn't know much about the course material. The questions I have about the class physics are as follows; How can you define physics? How were the things we are going to learn in physics discovered? Can more of ice skating, not just pulling your arms to your body in a spin, be applied to physics? And, what kind of things are we going to do to help us to learn how physics applies to everyday life?
The goals I have for myself in physics this year are as follows:
1.) To earn at least a 90 percent in the overall class average.
2.) To learn more about how physics applies to everyday life.
3.) To understand all the concepts that are introduced.
4.) To improve how to write about science.
I really liked how you said that learning physics was important because, "...knowing that all of these everyday thing are caused by physics can allow us to create even more things that are useful in our everyday life." Another thing that I liked was that one of your goals was to become a better writer when it comes to science. That is definitely something that I wish I had but in my goals. In both of our blogs we wrote about the tidal changes and what that had to do with physics, we also mentioned why ice skaters pull their arms in to spin faster. We both had to similar goals in that we both want to have at least a 90 percent average in the class and that we hope to fully understand the concepts that we will be learning in the near future. Something that was different than mine was that you had a lot more examples and questions about physics in everyday life. For example the credit cards, seat belts, and how stop lights now when to change. Lastly, I feel as though you were a little redundant with what you were saying. You mentioned some examples multiple times. However, I still think it was a great first blog.
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