Looking at the Physics

Looking at the Sport

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We want Ursinus College students to experience Physics, as an exciting experimental science with applications extending beyond the laboratory or classroom setting.  Students often believe that physics is too complicated and they fail to recognize relevant applications.  The interdisciplinary approach, being developed by the Physics and Exercise and Sport Science Departments, will allow the student's perspective of Physics to expand beyond a symmetrical frictionless model, to a model  that has connections to the real world.

Introductory physics, kinesiology, biomechanics and upper level research courses in both departments have had opportunities to experimentally examine and analyze complicated human motion through the use of digitized video applications.

The Biomechanics site is on ongoing project developed to share materials which will hopefully enrich the learning of physics principles on an interdisciplinary basis. Whenever you see the Adobe symbol , the link requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader Plug-in to view the document. It is available at no charge from Adobe. You will also need to download  QuickTime Player  in order to view the video clips in the Sports Modules. The information on this site may be used on line or downloaded for use as a classroom learning exercises. Click on the links to move from one part of the site to another.  Note that videos can be played directly online if the QuickTime player and plugin are installed or they can be downloaded to a local hard drive by right-clicking on the movie link, saved to your computer, and viewed offline.