(How to make your own fake moon videos - or how to undo the fake studio videos)

Stop. Don’t say it. I know the moon landings were real, but I am just trying to have fun.

Some claim that the Apollo moon landings were faked in a studio. One way to make fake films would be to film astronauts and then slow the film down so it looks like they are on the moon. If this were the case, I could speed the videos back up to “normal” speed and see what they look like. After that, I will take normal videos and slow them down to make them look like they are on the moon.
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Tags: kinematics, gravity, video, fake, units

So, here is a video (from break.com - so you know it is likely fake).

Extreme Catapulting - Watch more free videos
If for some reason, you can not view this video, here is the plot.
1) Guy wears parachute and brings a portable thing like a see-saw.
2) Guy approaches large crane dropping a large mass repeatedly (I assume to flatten a dirt road)
3) Guy sneaks up an puts the see-saw under the area that the mass drops on and then stands on the other end of the see-saw.
4) Mass drops, guy shoots up and parachutes down. Read More...

Tags: forces, video, fake, energy

• Moon Landing Theory. This is the theory that in 1969 people ACTUALLY landed on the moon. There are many people that claim this did not actually happen. Both sides of this argument should be discussed. Here is a good place to start - (Bad Astronomy)
• Global Warming Theory. Some claim that the Earth is in a warming trend and that this trend is caused by human activity. Of course, this is just a theory. Another theory is that global warming is directly correlated with the number of pirates in the world. Here is an article on the relationship between temperature and pirates (see - its a real theory)
• Flying Spaghetti Monster Theory. Really, this one isn’t as much a theory as it is a FACT. This is the notion that there is a flying spaghetti monster that does stuff. It is not really considered a theory becuase it is in wikipedia, the source of all truthiness.
• Oblate Spheriod Earth Theory. Many textbooks descirbe the Earth as a sphere, or better as an oblate spheriod. This really neglects the whole other side of the debate about the shape of the Earth. For information about the Flat Earth Theory - see the online stuff.
• Light Wave-Particle Duality Theory. ALL textbooks in physics talk about light being both a wave and a particle. Why? Well, it seems that Einstien sort of suggested this as an explanation to the photoelectric effect. It turns out that the photoelectric effect can be explained with classical wave theory and a quantum theory of matter.
• Hydrino Theory. This theory claims that hydrogen energy states can lowered past the accepted ground state value hinting at near unlimited energy possibilities. Of course, there is no experimental evidence to support this theory, nonetheless it should still be debated just like the theory of evolution.

I know I left off some great theories that should be debated, but I just can’t think any more. If you are a Louisiana teacher, feel free to contact me if you need materials to debate these theories in your class.

Really, don’t think of the LA Science Act as a limitation but more as an opportunity. Also, with great power, comes a greater responsibility to do good.

Tags: fake

Ok, I am trying to be quick with this, since it is current. Here is an awesome video of Kobe Bryant jumping over a pool with snakes in it (I found this on digg):


It looks so crazy, I wanted to do a quick analysis to see if this is feasible (well, I know it is not feasible for me). Let me just pull out one of my favorite tools - Tracker Video Analysis. Read More...

Tags: fake, kinematics, video