Special Projects

Students Choice pages in The Physics Factbook™ for 2007

• Physics of the Body
  • Pressure in the human circulatory system: Is gender a factor?
  • Size of a shoe: More body proportions
• Miscellaneous Topics
  • Do seatbelts save lives?
  • Magnetic field of a soft iron magnet
  • Resistance of a resistor: Blame the students or blame the resistors?
  • Speed of a Screaming Slingshot Monkey

Regents Review — Physical Setting: Physics

• Pick an exam.
  (This year's students did the free response questions.)
  • 2007 January
  • 2006 June
  • 2006 January
  • 2005 June
  • 2005 January
  • 2004 June
  • 2004 January

Physics on Film pages in The Physics Factbook™ for 2007

• Feature Films
  • Coefficient of friction for skin: The Incredible Hulk
  • Compression strength of bone and brick: Sin City
  • Force of a superhero: Superman Returns
  • Speed of a car: Road Trip
  • Speed of a minibike: Jackass Number Two
  • Speed of a spear: Troy
  • Speed of a subway: Batman Begins
  • Speed of superhero: Smallville
• Video Clips
  • Force of a windmill slam dunk: Vince Carter
  • Force of a windmill slam dunk: Dominique Wilkins
  • Speed of a retired basketball player
  • Speed of a cliff diver: Huge Cliff Jump
• Video Games
  • Acceleration due to gravity: Super Mario Brothers
  • Speed of a football player: Madden NFL 2006

Students Choice pages in The Physics Factbook™ for 2006

• Physics of the Body
  • Center of mass of a human
  • Fingertip reaction time
  • More acceleration perturbations of daily living
  • Size of a human: Body proportions
  • Speed of a human running: Is footwear a factor?
• Miscellaneous Topics
  • How long do the subway doors stay open?
  • Coefficient of restitution

Physics on Film pages in The Physics Factbook™ for 2006

• Commercials
  • Speed of a car: Honda Civic Si commercial
• Feature Films
  • Power of a mutant: Storm from X-Men
  • Speed and mass of a dodge ball: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
  • Speed of a rogue bludger: Harry Potter
  • Speed of falling Saruman: Lord of the Rings

Regents Review — Physical Setting: Physics

• Pick an exam.
  (This year's students did the multiple choice questions.)
  • 2006 January
  • 2005 June
  • 2005 January
  • 2004 June

Students Choice pages in The Physics Factbook™ for 2005

• Electricity & Magnetism
  • The (dysfunctional) crystal radio
  • The Kelvin water-drop electrostatic generator
  • The telegraph
  • Magnetic field of a MetroCard
• Acceleration
  • Acceleration of an elevator, hydraulic
  • Acceleration perturbations of daily living
• Index of refraction of various household liquids
  • glycerin, floor cleaner, degreaser, shower gel, baby wash
  • vinegar, honey, floor cleaner, throat medicine, foot wash
• Coefficients of Friction
  • Coefficients of friction for aluminum
  • Coefficients of friction for glass
  • Coefficients of friction for granite
  • Coefficients of friction for paper
  • Coefficients of friction for rubber
  • Coefficients of friction for human skin
  • Coefficients of friction for steel
  • Coefficients of friction for wood

Physics on Film pages in The Physics Factbook™ for 2005

• Feature Films
  • Tension in Spider-Man's webs
  • Speed of a car: Bad Boys II
  • Speed of a car: The Blues Brothers
  • Speed of a car: The French Connection
  • Speed of a car: Le Mans (Steve McQueen 1971)
• One Reelers
  • Speed of a car: C'était un Rendezvous
  • Speed of a car: The Run
• Short Video Clips
  • Speed of a baseball: Bird Baseball
  • Speed of a cliff diver: Iraqi Olympic Diving
  • Speed of a motorcycle: Loading a Bike
  • Speed of a snowmobile: Snow Jump

Chaos Project pages in The Physics Factbook™

• Fractal dimension of bread
• Fractal dimension of broccoli
• Fractal dimension of leaves
• Fractal dimension of the coast of Maine
• Fractal dimension of stock price changes

Data and Story pages in The Physics Factbook™

• Altitude of the highest toy balloon flight
• Angular speed of the earth
• Height of the tallest building
• Highest critical temperature superconductor
• Mass of a dog
• Number of births in the US
• Number of crimes in New York state
• Number of pages in a science review book
• Number of people in the US
• Salary of a baseball player