Myself

My name is Kainalu Asam and I was born in Washington. I love running, surfing and skating. I attend Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus. Freshman year I took Biology and I enjoyed that course and I understood it pretty well. Sophomore year I took Chemistry. That course was very confusing to me with memorizing the different formulas and the different powers of different elements. This year I am taking physics. So far this course is fairly understandable. It is getting a lot easier as time goes on and I get more practice with everything that we have to learn. I am currently in Algebra 2b and I am taking college algebra next semester. Completing this course will give me a better understanding about the world around us. I chose this picture because cross country is what my world is revolving around right now. I wish that i could be surfing but there is just something about this sport that makes me want to do it time and time again. It could be the reward of winning state championships or just the thrill of the sport but the pain that we go through just makes us stronger.

Acceleration

The topic for this blog is acceleration. Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity per time. And velocity is the speed of something in a given direction. Acceleration was a difficult topic to find but when I was walking around my house I found my faucet. When you first turn the faucet on the velocity increases very quickly which means that it is accelerating. When you stop increasing the power of the water, the acceleration goes to zero. When you slow the water power down it decreases in acceleration. Once you find the right water pressure the water has a constant velocity but because it is not increasing so the acceleration is zero. Acceleration is difficult to find outside of class but it was a very educational thing that made me think a lot.

Kinematics: Clouds

In class for the last couple of weeks we have been talking about Kinematics. I know I have done a few posts on kinematics but it is definitely help me understand the study of motion a lot better. So when I went outside to move my car today I saw that it was a very nice day today but there were a few clouds in the sky. The clouds were moving and I knew that kinematics was all about motion. So in the picture the clouds were not moving relative to each other because they were all going the same speed. But relative to the trees the clouds were moving. Relative to pretty much every thing in the world the clouds are moving. This can be a confusing concept but I have learned it very well with lots of practice.

Kinematics: Fan

Currently in class we are studying the topic of Kinematics. Kinematics is the study of motion with out talking about force of mass. So when I woke up this morning I remembered that I had to do this blog today, I saw that my fan was moving. Since kinematics is the study of motion I thought that I would just talk about my fan. When I thought about it, there are 4 blades on my fan, all of those blades are not moving relative to each other because they are all going the same rate. But relative to the cage that holds the fan, the blades are moving. Along with the blades moving relative to the cage they are also moving relative to me lying down and also everything else in my room. It is crazy to think how physics is everywhere. 

Kinematics: Running

This week we learned about motion. According to “http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/motion” motion is the action or process of moving or changing place or position. In some cases this is true but in some cases it is not. It all depends on what the assumed “movement” is relative to. So in my picture I am moving relative to the cameraman. I am also moving relative to all the spectators, the signs, the ground, the cars.  Relative to one thing I am not moving. Relative to the other people running I am not moving. This is the case because all of those people are also running and going the same speed as me so it seems as if I am not moving from their perspective. Lets say I started running faster, relative to the people running slower I am moving but relative to the people running with me I am not moving. It is all about what the action is relative to.