Kinematics translates to the study of motion. Things like speed, distance, time, velocity etc. All of these things have one thing in common, and that is that it deals with the movement of something. Like a surfer. A surfer is waiting in the water for a wave, when it comes he takes off on it and rides as far as he can. He ends up about 20-30 yards from where he took off and a little bit to the left. How far, at what speed, and time did he travel from his take off point to where he got off the wave. Kinematics is the study of all of those things and hopefully I can learn more and get a better understanding so maybe its a scientific way to finding which is the best wave to catch.

For this assignment we had to physically take a picture of something that we can relate to the world of physics. It shouldnt be that hard because the world is pretty much based on physics, but within our picture there must be a relationship between two variables. So I chose to take a picture of my drums. The two variables are the drums itself and whatever you use to play it, sticks, brushes etc. I love the drums, and whenever I have to play, I usually get told to either quiet down or stop playing. When listening to music and playing, you want to hear the music and yourself, so the if volume on your ipod is high the louder your playing tends to be. If you hit the drum head harder there is a direct effect to the sound that comes out which is louder, and the softer you hit it, the quieter the sound. The faster the sound, or the slower all are directly effected by the speed you hit the drums with the sticks. All of those different variables effect the sound that comes out of the instrument and can be explained by physics.

My name is Ekolu Kahoopii, I am from Kaneohe, and I have been here since 7th grade. In 7th and 8th grade I passed science both with Bs. In 9th grade I passed with a B also, andlast year in chemistry I passed with a C. Science is not really something I like, the previous classes I had were boring. I have College algebra, and Trigonomotry this year and I hope to gain a new view towards science, and a better understanding of physics. The picture above is a picture of my home, the eastside of Oahu. I pretty much chose it because it represents me because its where Im from, it represents my family, and it represents what I'm about.