Final updates

Luke has put together the poster and it is almost finish, Daniel is puting together the videos we recorded. Everything is coming along nicely. The poster looks really nice and has a cool color scheme. Once Daniel gets the video from his cousin he will add it to the rest of our videos.

Final A Day

The weather isn't looking good this week, but we will persevere and make the final videos needed to complete our project. The poster and powerpoint are coming along nicely. All the project will be finished by next thursday, May 31, which is the due date. Daniel's cousin will be making a video of him doing powermoves.

Video

We have recorded for khaki pants to breakdance in, on all four terrains. Videos still to be shot:shorts, jeans, and sweatpants. We had plans to record today for shorts, but Daniel got injured. He will have a period of healing for a few days, and shooting will resume on thursday. Videos will be finalized on thursday, making assembling the project the final objective.

Progess

Started working on the power point and the project is coming along nicely. Tomorrow Daniel will be getting recording some break dancers. We will be meeting up on Wednesday to work together.

Project Progress

With the information we have gathered, we have decided to make two projects. We will put our information in the form of a powerpoint, along with videos, and put the information on a tri fold posterboard. Daniel will be the primary technology man, while Luke will be creating a posterboard from pictures and packets of info. All information has been gathered, and will start to be put in project form this week. Once the videos have been filmed, all pieces necessary for the projects will be ready.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow Daniel is going to his session at montavilla to record other people, ask them about their opinion about shoes, type of floors, and clothes. The information collected will be intergrated into our final presentation, which will be in the form of a powerpoint.

Our schedule and whos doing what

Every Thursday we will be staying after school to research our project. We will bring every material needed to these meetings, and we will make sure to video each of our tests. Each test will involve at least one difference from the other videos, the factors being shoes,dance floor, and clothes. Once the tests have been run, we will begin to broaden our research of  the physics involved in break dancing.

The Physics of Breakdancing

Breakdancing connects to physics because it uses friction, work, power, energy, and centripetal force. Newton's first law plays a big part in breakdancing because two well known breakdancing moves, flares and windmills, both use the idea that an object in motion will stay in motion. Not only does it involve these two but almost all power moves.

Best type of floor to breakdance

Most people breakdance or dance on hardwood floors. Hardwood floors have a smooth surface and they can absorb the impact you do on it when breakdancing. Some people don't like to use concrete or tiles flooring because they can hurt your legs and knees. Breakdancers sometimes have a portable mat that looks like hardwood floor, take they out to just breakdance in public.

Best Shoes to Breakdance In

After some research we found that it doesn't matter what shoes they are, as long as they feel comfortable to you. To me, I feel Vans are great shoes to breakdance in. They are light, comfortable, and they look good. In the end its up to the person what type of shoes they like to dance in. Every type of shoes has more or less friction against the ground. The more friction you have, will cause you not to slide around a lot, which happens often when breakdancing.
http://hip-hop-dance.net/hip-hop-dance-shoes

Goal

Goal: find out what factors add up to the best breakdance. Final project should include a materials list, an enviroments list,a list of injuries, times, and videos of the break dances being performed.