Waterpark Adventures =P!

Last summer my friend Alissa had a birthday party at the waterpark =] As everyone already knows, the waterpark has alot of waterslides. One of the many is the famous adrenalin running Cliffhanger.

On the cliffhanger, me and Alissa are accelerating down the slide. However, the rate of acceleration is not negative 9.8 meters per second squared because despite the fact we are falling down, we are not going straight down. The slide is at an angle slighty less steep than going straight downward.

In the other picture on the left side, is a smaller slide located in keiki cove. On the slide, I am also accelerating. However, the rate of acceleration is on a smaller scale compared to the cliffhanger.

Within the waterpark, there are also many other rides that involve acceleration. For example, in the ride called "Flyin Hawaiian" the slide is cut-off therefore after accelerating down the slide, you fall, demostrating free-fall which in this case has the acceleration of 9.8 meters per second squared.

Hanapa'a !

This summer, my dad took my Grandpa, my sister, my brother and I on an all day fishing trip. Our fishing adventure officially started at exactly 4:19 am, which is the time we left my house. We launched from sand island at around 4:35 am and began our fishing journey.
On this fishing adventure, physics was constantly surrounding us, specifically velocity and acceleration. When we launched, we accelerated from zero miles per hour to about 20 miles per hour and maintained this speed for 2 and a half hours. Our displacement from the pier to our destination, which was a spot in the Pacific Ocean, was approximately 26 miles.

On this fishing trip, the type of fishing we were doing was called trolling, in which we would never stop moving. When nothing was biting, my dad maintained a speed of about 10 miles per hour and just drove around on random paths waiting and hoping something would bite. At this time everyone was just waiting around, but I was sleeping because unfortunately I got sea sick. However, when my Grandpa shouted "Hanapa'a!" I quickly shot up and began cranking the fish in. At this time, my dad slowed down to a rate between 6 and 7 miles per hour.

We continued this routine for about 8 hours until it was time to go home. At around 4:15, we started speeding up to reach a rate of about 20 miles per hour. We maintained and stayed constant at this rate for the next 2 hour and 15 minutes. When we finally reached sand island, it was around 6:30. Our final displacement for the whole fishing trip was Zero miles.
We were all well satisfied with our catch of about 80 fishes, including two mahi mahi's, one ono and about 35 small ahi's and 40 small aku's. On this trip I learned just how much patience you need to have when fishing literally all day long. I also learned that physics is around us 24/7 from accelerating your speeding while trolling to throwing a ball in a football game, physics is everywhere.