I play a lot of soccer and I’m even on a team. My team is pretty good and I have have scored a couple goals for my team. When i am shooting the ball I’m looking for a specific angle so that the goalie cannot stop it at all. I want to know if there’s a specific angle to shoot at the guarantee whether if not you will score a goal or not. The best spot on the net for scring is probably top right,bottom right, top left and bottom left. These places on the net are always gonna to be shot at from a certain angle. Websites I used were https://prezi.com/skroy6i6ebar/angles-and-soccer/
Category Archives: Inquiry
Module One Post Five [Nanotechnology and Math Help Prevent Cancer]
Nanotechnology and Math Help Prevent Cancer
This website displays the groundbreaking achievement for scientists who study nanotech and mathematicians alike. They have engineered pills that will combat cancer. The website displays why it is important that scientists are making these pills because cancer is becoming resistant to many other methods of treatment. The website is based in Ontario at the University of Waterloo (a high ranking computer science university).
The nano-scientists and mathematicians from both Harvard Medical School and the University of Waterloo made a 2 in 1 pill which made the cell not show signs of resistance so that cancer could not detect the resistance and adapt. Cancer usually can tell if a cell has adapted to be resistant to cancer so the cancer cells will change so that the normal cells are no longer resistant. The other part of the pill ensures that the cell is still protected in case of cancer but does not show that it’s protected.
Module One Post Three [Marching while playing an instrument]
I’m in a program which is the Air cadets. In air cadets we do a lot of marching and stuff based on the army. There are lots of patterns and timings for the marching and you need to match your footsteps with the timings . In the air cadets there is a club in it that is the marching band. In it I think it combines music,math and timing for the marching. You are basically marching while playing a instrument. In you’re mind you have to know the timings for the marching and the notes of your instrument There are lots of timings and patterns behind the music. Here is a short video on the marching band for air cadets.
Module One Post Five (Shooting)
Cite used:https://physicsofhockeyproject.weebly.com/shooting.html
This website provides basic knowledge of the form, mechanics and projectile motion of shooting a puck in hockey. In addition, it shows what happens if you miss the shot. Unfortunately this site does not have too much information. This for me will be used more as reference page rather than a research page. Although may gather some important data, as i found some information extremely interesting. Definitely going to come back to this site again!
Module One Post Two [Geometry in Basketball]
Geometry in basketball. Basketball is a fun-packed energectic game. Players shoot the hoping for the ball throught the net wit a swish. I want to explore whether angles and geometry matter in basketball. I found a website which was very helpful about angles in basketball.http://www.mathblaster.com/coolmath/articles/basketball-and-math.
Module 1 Post 5 [ The Mathematics of Music ]
This article has a lot of information ( 17 :”chapters” in total). I trust this site because the author states all the works he has cited. He states in the beginning that math has always been involved with every field of study. He explains a lot of things such as musical scales, which he describes as “musical ladders” because of how the notes get higher every time the scale goes up, and rhythm. 4/4 means 4 beats per measure, after the measure, it repeats and counts up to 4. The author also explains that some genres of music such as rock and roll emphasize on the second and fourth beat of a measure ( one TWO three FOUR) . I am going to use this site to understand more about how pitch and frequency effects sound.
Module One Post four (Slapshot)
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This video takes a deeper look at what a slapshot is, and how the stick reacts to the given force. Also it explains the math behind a hockey stick and the flex of a stick, and how it may affect your shot. This is a good resource as they have professionals prove their theory. I also found this video explained the math very well, as it is easy to follow. This video will be extremely useful to me as it is an accurate resource, therefore will be a good place to gather data.
Module One Post One [Does your soccer cleat affect your shot?]
Does your soccer cleat affect your shot?
I was interested if a soccer cleat could kick a ball more powerful or accurate based on the material of the cleat. I was first interested in this topic when I was playing soccer with my team and someone said that the material of the soccer cleat didn’t matter. I kept on thinking about this and in my opinion I think that it doesn’t matter when your taking a shot. The soccer cleat does matter but I think that the way your shooting or the technique is more important than the material of the soccer cleat. The soccer cleat does matter because you have picked out the perfect pair yourself and it should be very comfortable for you. The cleats material does matter in a way of if its comfortable or if it fits you. How does this relate to math? Well this relates to math in a certain way of how heavy or light the shoe is. An average soccer cleat can range from 2.0oz or 10.7oz. A soccer ball is around 14oz and 16oz. http://www.soccercleats101.com/2011/12/30/what-is-the-current-average-soccer-cleat-weight/. The total average of all these boots were 9.07oz. I would probably get the medium weight because you wouldn’t want such a heavy cleat or a really light cleat.
Module One Post three (Angles in hockey)
Cite used:http://hockey.sageground.com/shooting/scoring_angles.aspx
This cite provided a good understanding on the how angles are used in a game of hockey. This website demonstrates the relationship of angles to shooting in hockey. Unfortunately, other tabs on this website is still being made. I myself found this website extremely interesting as it goes into depth in one of the biggest aspects of the game of hockey shooting. The information displayed was extremely clear and easy to understand. This website will be definitely used in my research.
Module One Post Five (Mathematics In Film Production)
Here they talk about the mathematics of the scaling of a character in a movie and how they get real live objects onto the screen and into editing. It says that almost everything in a movie has math behind it for example:
~production, cameras, cinematography, lighting, budgeting, animation, editing, special effects, and music.
It then talks about each one more specifically.
https://prezi.com/5qjynncnaxdz/mathematics-in-film-production/