I recently blogged that you can now play Angry Birds in your web
browser. This opens up all sorts of video analysis possibilities
for physics lessons and assessment. Students can easily make
their own videos or you can pre-record your own. Videos can be
recorded using Jing, Screencast-O-Matic, or Camtasia Studio.
Analysis can be done in Logger Pro or Tracker. Here are some
possible investigations to carry out (shared by Michael Magnuson
on the WNYPTA email list): 1. Make a reasonable estimate for the
size of an angry bird, and determine the value of g in Angry
Bird World. Why would the game designer want to have g be
different than 9.8 m/s²? Download Angry Birds video. 2. Does the
blue angry bird conserve momentum during its split into three?
Download Red and Blue Birds video. 3. Does the white bird
conserve momentum when it drops its bomb? Why would the game
designer want the white bird to drop its bomb the way that it
does? Download White Bird video. 4. Describe in detail how the
yellow bird changes velocit